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 under the name ‘Dobby’s Packs’ on Instagram and Snapchat to sell class A and class B drugs, West Midlands Police said. The 19-year-old 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. The Instagram user was advertising different drugs, supplying them since he was 16 years old. He also offered 24/7 collections as well as postal deliveries for further locations.

Officers first searched his home in May last year, when they seized hundreds of pounds of cash, cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, scales and three zombie knives.

They also found a rubber mask and figurine in the style of Dobby from Harry Potter.

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 admitted to all drugs offences and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison last Thursday at Birmingham Crown Court.

He was also sentenced for two unrelated driving offences - seriously injuring a woman in her 60s and a man in his 50s.

Detective Sergeant Adam Buzzard from our County Lines Taskforce said: “He showed a brazen disregard for the law, maintaining his drug dealing whilst on police bail.

“We will continue to pursue criminals harming our communities through drug supply and they will be brought to justice.”