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Eight men have been sentenced to almost 40 years in jail as part of a huge drugs operation on Tyneside.
Robert Eric Blackburn, 64, of Hallow Drive, Throckley, was jailed for 11 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply BZP.
Alan Atkinson, 44, of Hallow Drive, Throckley, was jailed for six years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Brian William Carrier 37, of Harehills Tower, Kenton, was sentenced to three years and eight months for conspiracy to supply amphetamine.
Alan Bullock, 49, of Tindles Caravan Park, Longframlington, was jailed for six years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
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
David John French, 58, of Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton, was jailed for seven years for conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply BZP.
James Bell, 29, of Linbridge Drive, West Denton, was jailed for two years for conspiring to transfer criminal property
£20,000.00 Cash seized from Tindles caravan park home of Alan Bullock
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
£45,000.00 of cash seized from Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton.
Kilo of cocaine seized from Ulswater Crescent, Winlaton.
Eight men have been sentenced to almost 40 years in jail as part of a huge drugs operation on Tyneside.
£85,000 cash seized from Linbridge Drive, Denton, Newcastle
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.