Drug dealer jailed for 7 years after £14k of MDMA found in hotel room
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Drug dealer jailed for 7 years after £14k of MDMA found in hotel room
• A drug dealer has been jailed for seven years after more than £10,000 worth of MDMA was found in his luxury hotel room.
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 | Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · today Council demands ‘meaningful engagement’ on Bicester asylum centre plans• Proposals could see up to 1,250 asylum seekers temporarily housed at the Bicester Garrison Site A. |
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 | Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · yesterday Missing 14-year-old girl 'safe and well' after emergency search• Police launched an emergency search after she was last seen near a hotel in Witney. |
 | Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester) · yesterday Businesses back bid for two-hours free parking to boost footfall in town• Bicester businesses support a Bicester and Cherwell councillor Les Sibley's proposal to introduce two hours free parking in five car parks across the town |
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