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    PICS: Operation Vegas - Eight Jailed

    Eight men have been sentenced to almost 40 years in jail as part of a huge drugs operation on Tyneside.

    1. Operation Vegas

      1. Operation Vegas

      Robert Eric Blackburn, 64, of Hallow Drive, Throckley, was jailed for 11 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply BZP.

    2. Operation Vegas

      2. Operation Vegas

      Alan Atkinson, 44, of Hallow Drive, Throckley, was jailed for six years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.

    3. Operation Vegas

      3. Operation Vegas

      Brian William Carrier 37, of Harehills Tower, Kenton, was sentenced to three years and eight months for conspiracy to supply amphetamine.

    4. Operation Vegas

      4. Operation Vegas

      Alan Bullock, 49, of Tindles Caravan Park, Longframlington, was jailed for six years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.

    5. Operation Vegas

      5. Operation Vegas

      Alan James Bell, 33, of Falstone Avenue / Centurion Road, Denton, was jailed for two years for entering into a money laundering arrangement in relation to a sum of not less than £146,000 contrary to section 328(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

    6. Operation Vegas

      6. Operation Vegas

      David John French, 58, of Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton, was jailed for seven years for conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply BZP.

    7. Operation Vegas

      7. Operation Vegas

      James Bell, 29, of Linbridge Drive, West Denton, was jailed for two years for conspiring to transfer criminal property

    8. Operation Vegas

      8. Operation Vegas

      £20,000.00 Cash seized from Tindles caravan park home of Alan Bullock

    9. Operation Vegas

      9. Operation Vegas

      Kickboard hiding place in kitchen of David French's house in Ulswater Crescent where French and Robert Blackburn used to store a kilo of cocaine

    10. Operation Vegas

      10. Operation Vegas

      £45,000.00 of cash seized from Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton.

    11. Operation Vegas

      11. Operation Vegas 10

      Kilo of cocaine seized from Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton.

    12. Operation Vegas

      12. Operation Vegas

      Eight men have been sentenced to almost 40 years in jail as part of a huge drugs operation on Tyneside.

    13. Operation Vegas

      13. Operation Vegas

      £85,000 cash seized from Linbridge Drive, Denton, Newcastle

    14. Operation Vegas

      14. Operation Vegas

      Total cash seized during the operation - £150,000.00 . Eight men have been sentenced to almost 40 years in jail as part of a huge drugs operation on Tyneside.

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