Man sold drugs using Harry Potter character's name

A man has been jailed after using social media to advertise drugs for sale under a username influenced by a Harry Potter character.

Lewis Breen-Ledger, 19, operated under the name Dobby's Packs on Instagram and Snapchat to sell class A and B drugs, West Midlands Police said.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to four and a half years in prison, after two search warrants were carried out at his address in Halesowen.

Officers first raided his home in May last year, seizing cash, cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, scales and three zombie knives, as well as a rubber mask and figurine in the style of Potter's house elf Dobby.

Breen-Ledger was arrested and then released on bail with strict conditions while police conducted further inquiries.

But he then rebranded his social media account to Highland Exotics and resumed dealing.

Officers carried out a second search warrant at his address and seized a mobile phone and cannabis and he was arrested.

Breen-Ledger offered 24/7 collections as well as postal deliveries, the force said.

He pleaded guilty to seven drug offences and was sentenced on 27 March.

Breen-Ledger, of no fixed abode, admitted two charges of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B and one charge of Class A.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, another of ecstasy and a further charge of ketamine.

Breen-Ledger admitted being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug of Class B.

He also pleaded guilty to two unrelated driving offences.

One was causing serious injury by dangerous driving, after a woman in her 60s was hit by a vehicle while riding her bicycle on Narrow Lane, Halesowen, on 19 October 2022.

The other was causing serious injury by careless driving, after a man in his 50s was struck by a vehicle when he was crossing Dudley Road in Rowley Regis.

Det Sgt Adam Buzzard, of West Midlands Police, said Breen-Ledger had been supplying drugs since he was 16 years old.

"He showed a brazen disregard for the law, maintaining his drug dealing whilst on police bail," he added.

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