Members of a drugs gang were caught out after a car containing a dealer’s list stashed inside a diary crashed on a country lane.
A police operation was launched and hired and stolen vehicles were seen bringing cocaine and heroin to the Mold and Wrexham areas from Liverpool.
It emerged local drug users had been recruited by pushers to sell dangerous drugs on their behalf.
Five people who admitted bring involved in the supply of the class A drugs appeared for sentence at Mold Crown Court today.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said the police investigation would continue to catch those higher up the chain.
Bonnie Prendergast, 22, of Maes y Parch, Mold, received three years after she admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs, and later shoplifting offences to feed her habit.
She also admitted a dangerous driving charge after she crashed a car on a country road in between Leeswood and Mold while being chased by the police. The car was searched and a pink diary, a dealers’ list, a ski mask and a set of small scales were recovered.
Callum McLavey,18, of Fletcher Street, Rock Ferry, Merseyside, received two and a half years detention. He was 17 at the time but the judge said text messages showed he played a significant role.
The judge said he was actively involved in the sale of drugs in Mold and Wrexham. He was said to have got involved following a dependency on drugs since the age of 14.
Karen Buckley, 41, of Whitegate Road, Wrexham, was jailed for 18 months.
The judge said she was a street level dealer acting under the direction of others, but had continued to involve herself even after her original arrest.
Georgia Roberts, 26, of Tan y Bryn, Buckley, received a 22 month prison sentence suspended for two years because she had three children to care for.
A girl of 17 from the Wrexham area received a youth rehabilitation order with 100 hours after the court heard she had been naively dragged into it.
Judge Rowlands said each of them became involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine in North East Wales but there was no suggested any of them were high up the supply chain.
The defendants were said to have been used because of their own addictions, to pay debts or to get their own drugs.
“You were being employed by others to assist what on any view is a vile trade,” the judge told them.
“It brings untold misery to those who are addicted, to their families and to the very many victims on inquisitive crime committed in order to feed their addictions.”
Speaking after the case Sgt Ian Evans said: “This is an ongoing operation into the supply of class A drugs into Flintshire, North Wales which is now producing excellent prison sentences.
“This will help to protect the communities that North Wales Police serves and deter further criminality.
“I would like to thank the community for the assistance they have given in achieving these results.”
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