Littlehampton man who posed as The Hulk jailed for 19 years for cocaine supply

Aldo Oringa (left) and Donna Faulkner were jailed for their part in the cocaine supply. Pictures: Sussex Police

Heavily convicted drug dealer Aldo Oringa played a ‘leading role’ in the Class A drug operation, with accomplices Donna Faulkner and Elliott Best also involved.

Huge quantities of cocaine were brought to Sussex from Bexleyheath in London – initially to Bognor but later to Eastbourne, where Oringa was caught in a police raid.

While in Lewes Prison on remand he sent text messages trying to get others to take the blame for him, offering to pay £500.

Serving prisoner Oringa, 33, previously of Thorncroft Road in Littlehampton, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply (cocaine) and sending texts from within a prison, and was convicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine this month alongside the others and also of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Newlywed mum Faulkner, 48, of Garland Square in Tangmere, Chichester, was convicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

Best, who was just 19 at the time of his arrest and is now 21, is of Windsor Drive in Rustington. He was also convicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

All three appeared at Hove Crown Court today for sentencing.

Elliot Best was jailed for three years - the shortest sentence of the three defendants

Flat rented out under the alias of The Hulk

The three were involved in a sophisticated operation that saw large quantities of cocaine brought down from London to the south coast in 2017, the court heard.

In June and July that year police stopped vehicles on the Sussex to Bexleyheath route, seizing almost 1.25kg of cocaine.