A teenage crack cocaine and heroin dealer boasted he sold 'the best in town' in texts to drug users.
Jack Murphy was part of a Merseyside County Lines gang supplying Class A drugs across the Barrow area of Cumbria.
The 18-year-old, of Nightingale Road, West Derby, was caught with a 'graft' mobile phone referred to by the gang as the "A Line".
Preston Crown Court heard it sent out 'flare' texts alerting users drugs were for sale, including: "On with 10/10 both best in town"
Police arrested Murphy and accomplices when they raided a house in Longway, Barrow on May 21 last year, after a long investigation.
They recovered almost £2,500 in cash, cocaine separated into six separate deals, more drugs, and two plastic wraps of brown powder.
Prosecutors said the gang had a stash of weapons in the address, including a dagger and a large machete over one foot in length.
But the court heard the brown powder was tested and found to be nutmeg, likely to be sold as "fake heroin" to unsuspecting punters.
Murphy meanwhile was found to be carrying two mobile phones - one the "dealer line" - which was seized and examined by experts.
It contained group messages to up to 90 people advertising drugs, including one text sent just moments before police stormed the house.
The court heard the "A Line" would remain in Merseyside predominantly and receive calls from Barrow drug users in response to the adverts.
Subsequent calls would be made to a woman called Kerry Mallett, who acted as the street dealer or runner, getting the drugs to the customers.
Murphy, who admitted conspiracy to supply Class A drugs over a 22-day period last May, was jailed for three years and two months.
Georgie Keating, 20, of Cromford Road, Huyton, and Mallett, 46, whose home was the address raided, were part of the same gang.
Keating worked as a courier, tasking with collecting cash from Mallet and returned it to other members of the gang back in Merseyside.
But evidence showed he only became involved on May 19, when he and the A Line moved to Barrow, two days before the plot was busted.
Keating was linked forensically to the money recovered, while officers found a ledger or stock list of the drugs sold, handwritten by Mallett.
She told officers she was a heavy drug user and claimed she would never supply drugs herself as she would use them and get in trouble.
The court heard Mallett also suggested the notebook was for drug money she owed and not drug supply, but no longer stood by these claims.
Keating said he owed £180 to a dealer and was told it would be wiped clean if he went to Cumbria and collected between £1,000 and £2,000.
They were sentenced in October after they both pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Keating was jailed for two years and two months and Mallet was locked up for two years and seven months.
Speaking after the case today, a spokesman for Cumbria Police said: "Despite his young age, Murphy was an important player in the organised crime group which trafficked Class A drugs into the Barrow area.
"Following his arrest, he sought to evade justice by going on the run but was tracked down and has today faced justice.
"The supply operation was sophisticated and organised whilst the police investigation was complex and challenging.
"However, the result is a significant prison sentence for Murphy which should send out a clear message to anyone else considering involving themselves in similar criminality.
"County lines drug dealing is a blight on the county and significantly contributes to immense suffering to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
"However, Cumbria Constabulary is committed to rooting it out, as evidenced by this most recent court result."
