A Deptford teenager who tried to import 50kg of chemicals used to cut Class A drugs with has been jailed for more than five years.

Comai Scott, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of assisting in the commission of Class A drugs, possession of Class A and B drugs, possession of a bladed article and offences under the Procceds of Crime Act.

The cutting agents, benzocaine and phenacetin, would have contributed to selling drugs with a street value of £1.6 million.

Scott, of Everlyn Road, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court yesterday (February 1) to five years and four months behind bars.

In July 2014 UK border force intercepted 28.2kg of benzocaine, addressed to Scott’s family in Lewisham Hill.

A website selling cutting agents was also uncovered, with the contact phone number also linked to Scott.

Last May, when officers stopped him, they found 37.9g of phenacetin on him, scales containing traces of MDMA and benzocaine, cannabis, a knife and £3,000 in cash, wrapped into individual £100 bundles.

They also discovered handwritten lists of chemicals.

A joint investigation between Croydon police and the National Crime Agency into the importation of cutting agents was launched. 

MORE TOP STORIES He was arrested a few months later in September, and when officers searched his house they found more handwritten notes into drug research, bank statements showing payment to a Chinese company involved in shipping cutting agents, and details of other defendants and their phone numbers.

In November the UK Border Agency stopped a shipment entering Coventry International Airport, addressed to Scott at an address in Lewisham.

Despite being labelled as ‘health products’, it contained 24kg of benzocaine.

Detective Constable Billy Clough of Croydon Crime Squad said; "This resulted in the seizure of cutting agents that had no other purpose than to illicitly cut class 'A' drugs and would have been sufficient to result in the supply of over £1million of class 'A' drugs."

"The sentence of over five years given to Scott should act as a deterrent to others who become involved in these criminal activities, and shows the MPS will pursue, charge and convict all those involved in such illegal activities."

The Met initially said it was 1,100kg worth £32.5 million, but later added it was in fact 50kg worth £1.2 million.