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After being stopped by officers out on patrol in June 2025, a drug dealer is facing the next 21 months behind bars. Stoyan Kanchev, 25 (DOB: 28/09/1999), of no fixed address, was driving around Weybridge when he was stopped by officers on the evening of Thursday, 19 June for a routine vehicle stop due to ongoing drug dealing in the Elmbridge area. Acting on their suspicions, the officers carried out a search of his vehicle and found a sock containing 32 individual bags of cocaine hidden within it and a mobile phone showing messages potentially relating to drug dealing. Kanchev was arrested and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. He was subsequently sentenced to 21 months at Guildford Crown Court on Thursday, 21 August with his motor vehicle and criminal property to be forfeited and destroyed.

A man is behind bars after being sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for drug-related offences across Elmbridge. Joshua Olatunboson, 25 (DOB 13/07/2000), of Hersham, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 21 August, 2025, having pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs. On 9 May, 2024, officers stopped Olatunboson in his Vauxhall Corsa in Hersham, when he was seen to throw an item from the window of his car. A discarded bag located nearby was found to contain a white powder, suspected to be cocaine. Olatunboson was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a Class A substance with intent to supply, breaching a suspended sentence already in place. Following a search of an address linked to Olatunboson, over 78 grams of cannabis was seized along with £2,140 of cash and drug paraphernalia including scales, all indicating that Olatunboson was involved in the supply of drugs. When officers searched Olatunboson’s phone, messages were found consistent with the supply of drugs, and Olatunboson was later charged with the drug-related offences. Investigating Officer, PC Jivan Aulakh, said; “Drug dealing has such a negative impact within communities, and we will always work hard to pursue these criminals and get justice at court. “I am pleased that Joshua Olatunboson received a punishment behind bars where he cannot offend on our streets.”

Dozens of motorcyclists in Surrey have been seriously injured or killed on our roads in recent years. Many of these collisions involved avoidable risks – like speeding, dangerous overtaking, or riding without full attention. Operation Downsway is here to change that. We’re using intelligence-led deployments to patrol the most high-risk routes, speaking with riders in the community, and enforcing the law where it matters most.