Vehicle stop by Met officers leads to 24 years jail time for criminal duo

An investigation by the Met Police has resulted in two people being jailed for supplying drugs and dangerous weapons.

Chloe Scott and Miles Addy were involved in selling cocaine, heroin, knives and firearms, including one that was used in a fatal shooting in London.

Removing dangerous weapons from the streets of London is a priority for the Met. By relentlessly targeting criminals involved in the supply of drugs and weapons, we can continue to reduce violent crime.

Chloe Scott, 27 (10.10.97), of Whitehead Close, N18, and Miles Addy, 28 (14.04.96), of King Alfred Avenue, SE6, were both sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 13 June.

An investigation started in December 2022 when a 15-year-old boy was found with drugs after being stopped by British Transport Police officers at Tower Hill Underground Station.

After accessing a mobile phone being carried by the child officers established that Scott was instructing the boy to sell and transport drugs on her behalf.

Further enquiries were carried out and armed Met officers stopped Scott's car in Seven Sisters Road, Islington on 3 June 2023. They found around half a kilo of cocaine and five large hunting knives.

As the investigation progressed, Met detectives discovered Scott, who was a registered children’s social worker, had been in regular contact with Miles Addy, a convicted criminal who was serving a prison sentence for a firearms offence.

Between them the pair were running a large-scale drug supply network, selling cocaine in London and across other parts of the south-east.

Videos found on Scott's phone also revealed they were also involved in selling weapons, including firearms and knives. Addy was found to be directing Scott to addresses to deliver firearms and drugs to their customers.

Through matching the serial numbers of the firearms in the videos to the police database, detectives discovered one of the weapons was a firearm with links to a murder investigation. Another firearm which could be linked back to Scott and Addy was recovered during a warrant on 20 November 2023. Joy Hyde-Coleman, 29, (07.12.94) from Blondin Street, Bow, who was found to be in possession of the firearm was subsequently sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in August 2024.

Both offenders were charged in August 2024 and officers worked with authorities to suspend Scott from her role as a social worker. Scott pleaded guilty on the first day of her trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 13 January 2025. Addy pleaded at an earlier hearing on 2 November 2024.

Detective Inspector Damian Hill, from the Met's Specialist Crime team that led the investigation, said:

"As police officers we all too often see the devastating consequences of drugs and weapons on the streets of London. These dangerous offenders helped fuel violent crime and we won't stand for it.

"The overwhelming evidence we gathered, supported by British Transport Police and HM Prison and Probation Service left them with little choice but to admit to their offending and they will both now face lengthy prison sentences.

"Across the Met we remain committed to tackling violence and our hard work is paying off. Homicide and knife crime is down - and seen here we are also dismantling serious and organised crime groups."

Scott previously pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, two counts of selling or transferring a firearm, one count of conspiracy to possess firearms, one count of conspiracy to possess ammunition, one count of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog and one count of possession of hunting knives. The plea was entered on what would have been the first day of the trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Addy pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, one count of conspiracy to possess firearms, and a further count of conspiracy to possess ammunition at an earlier hearing at the same court and was recalled to prison.

Scott was additionally disqualified for ownership of animals for 12 years for the cruelty to animal offence.