TWO men from Bracknell have been jailed for dealing cocaine and MDMA using encrypted phones during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown.

Anthony McDonnagh, 40 of Bullbrook Drive, Bracknell, and Kristopher Portis, 38 of Thornhill, also Bracknell, were sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, when the court heard about their involvement in a drug gang that sought to bring 500 MDMA pills into the UK.

The court heard that the pair had debts to their supplier totalling around £229,000.

Prosecutor Simren Singh said: “An operation commenced into organised By Richard Lemmer Full story: Page 5 crime gang operation in Berkshire in 2020.

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