A drug supplier arrested after the demise of a Cambridge University scholar has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Police tracked down and detained Benjamin Brown after Keshava Iyengar, 20, was discovered lifeless in a good friend’s room on the college’s Trinity College in March 2021.
An inquest discovered that the demise of Mr Iyengar, who had taken an overdose of anti-anxiety medicine, was drug-related.
Cambridgeshire Police stated it was not attainable to show that Brown’s actions brought on the demise of Mr Iyengar, however he was sentenced for supplying and possessing medication.
An investigation had uncovered messages on Mr Iyengar’s cellphone from a drug supplier referred to as “Lean Xan Man” – later recognized by police as 32-year-old Brown.
He was a self-proclaimed “pharmacist” promoting a variety of prescription-only medication on Instagram and Snapchat.
Brown from Guildford, Surrey, was arrested in July 2021.
A search of his dwelling uncovered medication, greater than £15,000 in money and labels that includes his “business logo”, in accordance with Cambridgeshire Police.
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Brown pleaded responsible to 2 counts of worrying within the provide of sophistication A medication, one depend within the provide of sophistication B medication, two counts within the provide of sophistication C medication, possession of sophistication A medication and possession with intent to produce class C medication.
His drug-dealing enterprise was described as “substantial, sophisticated and lucrative” by the sentencing decide.
The decide stated that, via greed, Brown had “profited from the vulnerabilities of others dependent on prescription medication for conditions such as anxiety”.
Detective Constable Dan Harper stated: “Brown was running a huge operation from his bedroom in Surrey, which had tragic consequences.
“It isn’t attainable to show that Brown’s actions brought on the demise of Keshava, however you possibly can say with certainty that medication break lives and there’s a purpose why some can solely be prescribed by a medical skilled.”
Source: information.sky.com”