These are the faces of five men who are facing a combined 46 years in prison for peddling class A drugs in Telford.
Their convictions follow a cross-border investigation by West Mercia Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit which saw the organised crime group based in Telford managing every level of the conspiracy from the organisation and collection of class A drugs at wholesale level down to street level supply.
Dean, 31 and of Victoria Avenue in Wellington, Telford was sentenced to nine and a half years after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine and being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine.Harvey, 31 and of Heath Road in Wellington was sentenced to three and a half years after he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine.
Their convictions are a result of Operation Impel – an investigation that also examined a large money laundering operation into the money being made by the group. Detective Sergeant Stephen Dakin from West Mercia’s SOCU said: “We are delighted this result recognises the national scale of this county line from a group who imported drugs across Telford.
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