Fifteen faces of drugs shame

A drugs gang that flooded the streets of Blackpool with class A drugs will be the focus of a new publicity campaign.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Sep 2017, 16:01 BST
Updated 12th Sep 2017, 16:05 BST
A drugs gang that flooded the streets of Blackpool with class A drugs will be the focus of a new publicity campaign.A drugs gang that flooded the streets of Blackpool with class A drugs will be the focus of a new publicity campaign.
A drugs gang that flooded the streets of Blackpool with class A drugs will be the focus of a new publicity campaign.

The 15 crooks, who were jailed for a total of almost 70 years, will have their mugshots featured on flyers and posters that will be handed to residents to ‘reassure them action has been taken’, police said.

Det Chief Insp Becky Smith, from Blackpool CID, said: “The activity of these criminals brought misery to those addicted to drugs and their loved ones as well as the wider community.”

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The Merseyside-based gang, which mainly worked to supply heroin and crack cocaine, in the Claremont area, was busted in 2015.

During a police operation that ran from August to December that year, an estimated 18,000 drug deals were made, with the group’s phone ringing an average of 357 times a day.