London drug dealer jailed after flooding Swindon with Class A drugs

Sulaman Keynan pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying Class A drugs and one count of possessing criminal property in a trial at Swindon Crown Court on October 26.

The 23-year-old from White Hart Lane in Tottenham, London, was caught running the ‘Chrissy’ line in Swindon and is now behind bars after being convicted of drugs offences for the third time.

Police seized thousands of pounds in cash and drug paraphernalia when they arrested him in September 2021.

The arrest was for an unrelated offence but officers found he had a burner phone, £2,266 in cash, cannabis resin, heroin wraps and scales.

After being released under investigation, Keynan spent September to May in prison after breaching a suspended sentence.

In the middle of May, Wiltshire Police’s Fortitude team began receiving intelligence that the Chrissy line was active.

The team discovered that he often travelled to Swindon from the country’s capital and combed through hours of train station CCTV footage with help from the British Transport Police.

On June 28, the Fortitude team and members of Operation Orochi – the Metropolitan Police’s county lines unit – executed an early morning warrant on Keynan’s home address in London, where he was arrested.

Police then brought him back to Swindon, charged him, and remanded him in custody.

This week Keynan received a jail sentence of five years and three months, at least half of which he must serve behind bars and then the remainder will be served out on licence with conditions.

PC Sam Young said: “This is the third time Keynan has been convicted of drugs offences and he’s now facing a lengthy sentence behind bars.

“His conviction shows that if you come to Swindon with the intention to supply drugs or run county lines networks then we will track you down, no matter where you are in the country.

“This sends a clear signal that drugs will not be tolerated in Swindon or anywhere else in Wiltshire.”