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Jake Brigstock

3 Nottingham dealers caught after cocaine stamped 'Gold' found

Three main players from Nottinghamshire who distributed class A drugs to other areas of the country are the final of a 12-strong gang to be sentenced.

The gang supplied drugs from Nottinghamshire, Merseyside and Cambridgeshire to Leicestershire and Herefordshire.

The three men all pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely cocaine, in November last year and have been sentenced at Northampton Crown Court.

Reece Fraser, 32, of Acacia Drive in Nottingham, was sentenced to three years and four months, but due to the time served on remand, would not need to serve any additional time in prison.

Jay Taylor, 34, of Carnarvon Grove in Nottingham, and Vincent Robinson, 59, of First Avenue in Carlton, were both sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years.

They were both ordered to complete unpaid work.

Detective Chief Inspector James Avery, of Leicestershire Police, said after the final sentencings: "This was an organised group of drug dealers with national reach.

"Now that all those involved have been dealt with by the courts, and heroin and cocaine with a street value of £170,000 removed from circulation, we see yet another criminal enterprise dismantled and communities across the country no longer suffering the harm caused by them.

"But we’re not stopping there.

"The next stop is recovering their criminal proceeds through the Proceeds of Crime Act."

During the police inquiry, more than a kilogram of cocaine stamped "Gold" was seized from a Mercedes near Castle Donington, 500g of heroin was recovered from an Astra near Leicester and £35,000 was found hidden in a dustbin in Liverpool.

A further half-a-kilogram of cocaine and £8,000 was recovered after it was thrown out of a Mercedes involved in a high-speed pursuit.

Deon Farrow, of Leicester, then climbed up a tree in a bid to escape arrest.

Nine members of the gang were jailed in 2019 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

The nine men previously sentenced - at Leicester Crown Court between Wednesday, November 20 and Friday, November 29 2019 - were:

  • Kristian Lynas King, 47, formerly of Forest Gate, in Anstey, jailed for nine years and eight months.
  • Kulraj Gill, 48, formerly of Fox Hollow, in Oadby, jailed for four years and 10 months.
  • Deon Farrow, 29, formerly of Willow Brook Road, Humberstone, in Leicester, jailed for seven years and eight months.
  • Akbar Pathan, 37, formerly of Mount Avenue, in Spinney Hills, Leicester, jailed for two years and six months.
  • Ameen Jogee, 32, formerly of London Road, Leicester, jailed for two years and four months.
  • Neil Falanga, 40, formerly of Aldeburgh Close, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, jailed for six years.
  • Marc Fleetwood, 34, formerly of Rice Lane in Liverpool, jailed for five years and nine months.
  • Ameed Hussain, 33, formerly of Windmill Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, jailed for four years.
  • Michael Graham, 39, formerly of Derby Road, Liverpool, jailed for 12 years.

A tenth man was acquitted.

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