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Gang's music videos helped police crack drugs operation
Nottingham Post
|June 05, 2025
12 'COUNTY LINES' DEALERS JAILED FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 130 YEARS
MUSIC videos featuring Lamborghinis, Rolex watches and bottles of Bollinger champagne have helped crack a high-scale drugs operation and put the individuals responsible behind bars.
A total of 12 offenders were sentenced to a combined total of 130 years in prison on Tuesday for their involvement in a “county lines” operation, which included 13 areas such as Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield and Nottingham city centre. A further drugs line connected with the gang was found to be active as far away as Aberdeen in Scotland.
Following a string of arrests that were previously thought to be unconnected, Nottinghamshire Police officers pieced together various strands of information. This included a number of music videos in which gang members posed with luxury items and boasted about how much money they were earning from the illegal drug trade.
Gang members sold heroin and cocaine using bulk phone messaging and sophisticated marketing techniques. The gang had more than 1,400 customers, with more than 30,000 marketing messages sent out.
This story is from the June 05, 2025 edition of Nottingham Post.
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