A teenage drug dealer faces jail after admitting selling crack cocaine and heroin from someone else's flat in Surbiton.

The 17-year-old, from east London, was found with 48 packages of crack cocaine and 16 packages of heroin after an operation involving police and residents of Victoria Avenue where the dealing took place.

He was arrested at the beginning of October 2006, along with other suspects, and after pleading not guilty at initial court appearances changed his pleas to guilty on Monday at Kingston Crown Court.

On ordering a pre-sentence report from the Probation Service, Judge Fergus Mitchell said: "This should not raise your hopes. All outcomes are possible and it's likely that a custodial sentence will be ordered."

Detective Constable James Northway, who was involved in the operation, said the youth was dealing from an address in Surbiton that he did not own, or even live at. The first floor flat belonged to a vulnerable housing association tenant.

He said: "It would appear that drug dealers took over an address in Surbiton from where they conducted business."

Neighbours complained to the Surbiton safer neighbourhoods team, which was also involved in the crack down.

One neighbour who did not want to be named said the road had been plagued with antisocial behaviour for about 10 years.

She said: "Kids come rampaging up and down the road. Kids' bikes get stolen and there is drug dealing around Electric Parade. It is outrageous."

She added that the arrest seems to have made a difference.

"The drugs bust must have scared them," she said. "I hope it does. I hope he gets locked away for 15 years."

DC Northway said: "We received good feedback from local residents and Edward Davey MP and we carry on tackling problems in the area. I would advise people worried about antisocial or criminal behaviour in their area to contact their safer neighbourhood officers and inform them of their concerns."

In response to the arrests, a public meeting was held in Surbiton for residents to discuss tackling crime in the area with the police and with Mr Davey.

Mr Davey said he was alerted to the problem by residents of Victoria Avenue, where he used to live.

He said: "A number of constituents told me about it during my surgeries. It was clear it was quite a problem."

He said the public meeting was important for the residents and businesses to understand where the problem was coming from.

He said: "A number of businesses also attended the public meeting and they understood it was not residents of the YMCA causing the trouble. The dealers were not from our area," he said.

As a result of the public meeting, Mr Davey is holding a conference this month on Pro-social Behaviour which he hopes will identify how the community can encourage good behaviour rather than always having to tackle bad behaviour.