Detectives are hunting an alleged gang boss after raiding a drugs factory where £500,000 of cocaine and ketamine were seized.
Images of Leon Dore, 36, are being circulated after the operation on May 5 this year. West Yorkshire Police say Dore, from Chapeltown in Leeds, also has links to Liverpool and Birmingham.
The drugs factory was discovered after a warrant was executed at a farm in Horsforth, Leeds, by the force's Serious and Organised Crime unit. A search of the site, believed to have been used for processing and packaging drugs, uncovered 10kg of cocaine and 20kg of ketamine with a total estimated street value of more than half a million pounds.
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Despite "extensive enquiries" and a reward of up to £1,000 for information, put up by the independent charity Crimestoppers, Dore remains on the run. Detectives have now also released CCTV footage of Dore visiting the drugs factory in Horsforth to help with the appeal.
Detective Inspector Mark Atkinson, said: “We remain absolutely determined to keep relentlessly pursuing Dore as a suspect in this very significant drugs investigation.
“He has strong links to Leeds, particularly the Chapeltown area, but also to Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford, as well as Liverpool and Birmingham. We want to make it very clear that anyone who may be helping him to evade the police can face prosecution and imprisonment for the offence of assisting an offender.
“We would urge anyone who has seen him or who has any information that could assist in locating him to contact us immediately or to anonymously contact the independent charity Crimestoppers.”
Two men have already been charged with possession with intent to supply offences in relation to the investigation and their cases are progressing through the courts.
Anyone with any information that could assist in locating Dore is asked to contact officers via 101 quoting reference 13220242324 or online via www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat
Information can be given anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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