A DRUG dealer who plied his evil trade in Worcester and kicked the city police officer who arrested him is facing deportation to Jamaica.

Cadonius Lowe moved to the UK from Jamaica when he was just six months old but now faces the prospect of being returned to the country of his birth after organising the sale of crack cocaine and heroin from a flat in London Road, Worcester.

The 21-year-old of Clent Road, Oldbury, appeared over prison videolink at Worcester Crown Court on Monday. He had already admitted being concerned in the supply of both class A drugs between June 30 and August 18 this year and of assaulting an emergency worker in the execution of her duties on the day of his arrest.

The female detective, DC Simpson, had seized the dealer's dirty 'burner' phone, used to organise the drug deals, when he kicked her so hard in the wrist that the phone flew out of her hand and hit the ceiling of Foregate Street Railway Station in Worcester during his arrest on August 17 this year.

Illana Davis, defending, asked that her client's sentence be stalled to await a charging decision on other drug dealing offences in Swansea, arguing that Lowe had only been dealing drugs in Worcester to clear a debt he had accrued after officers seized £2,000 to £3,000 worth of drugs in the Welsh city.

However, Judge Cartwright said such decisions could take up to a year and opted to proceed to sentence Lowe for his role in the County Lines operation. Lowe's now 19-year-old runner, Finlay Clarke, has already been detained for two years for supplying the class A drugs. Meanwhile, recovering addict Lucy Cannaway, a 39-year-old Worcester grandmother who lived at the London road flat used as a base for the dealers, has also already received a six week prison sentence for possession of heroin and crack cocaine. She and Clarke were arrested on July 1 this year

Miss Davis said Lowe's immigration status was now under review. "He was not born in the UK. He was born in Jamaica but has always lived in this country since he was six months old. He's not a British citizen and is subject to a deportation order that is currently being appealed separately."

Dean Easthope, prosecuting, said Clarke was 'controlled' by Lowe in Worcester. At the time Lowe lived in Cradley Heath but police arrested him at Worcester Foregate Street on August 17, more than a month after the arrests of Clarke and Cannaway.

Officers seizing two phones including his Nokia burner phone used to run the Silver Line drug dealing operation.

"At that point the defendant kicked the phone out of DC Simpson's hand. It was a forceful kick that propelled the phone out of her hand and caused it to go as far as to hit the ceiling of the station" said Mr Easthope.

The officer suffered some discomfort to her left wrist and thumb as a result. The defendant at the time said: "I haven't assaulted anyone. I kicked my own phone. How can I be arrested for kicking my own phone?"

Officers seized £620.60 from the defendant upon his arrest which the judge ordered to be confiscated. In interview Lowe refused to provide the PIN numbers to both his phones but some of the texts revealed evidence of drug dealing.

Cell site analysis also showed Lowe's personal phone and the drugs phone co-locating at his mother's address. Call data proved the phones travelled with Lowe by train from Cradley Heath to Worcester and that contact between Lowe and Clarke had taken place - 570 messages from Clarke to Lowe and 318 back the other way.

Lowe gave a no comment interview to police. He has four previous convictions for six offences, including from October 19, 2017 for possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply which resulted in a 28 month jail sentence.

"He's a trusted member of the chain at quite a high level" said Mr Easthope.

Miss Davis, defending, said Lowe did not mean to kick the officer, only to kick the phone out of her hand.

"His friends and family and partner have stopped talking to him as a result of these offences" she said, telling the judge her client had had 'thoughts of suicide'.

She added: "There's a real risk he may not be in this country and able to access that support network - if it can ever be recovered. He may be forced to go to a country where he knows no-one and has never lived."

Judge Nicolas Cartwright said: "You were the person who was very active in bringing drugs down to Worcester and arranging for their supply and you used an 18-year-old by the name of Finlay Clarke as your runner in that enterprise."

He added: "The telephone containing all the incriminating information was seized from you when you were arrested there at the railway station. You kicked it out of the officer's hand, obviously hoping to destroy the evidence. In doing so you caught the officer's wrist with your foot."

Judge Cartwright jailed him for five years and one month.