Five jailed over Leeds drug operation

    Five men have been jailed for over 60 years in total for their role in a major drugs operation.

    West Yorkshire Police’s Major Crime team followed and investigated the group for six months, which culminated in the group being charged in early March 2017.

    The group mainly operated in the West Yorkshire area and were jailed at Leeds Crown Court.

    Andrew Turner, 39 of Wynford Terrace, Leeds, was jailed for 20 years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

    Lee Mabbott, 37 of Queenswood Drive, Headingley, was jailed for 18 years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

    Michael Lumb, 38 of Cranmer Close, Leeds, was jailed for 13 years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

    Lee Brook, 33 of Littlemoor Crescent, Pudsey, was jailed for nine years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

    Leslie Yeats, 43 of Thornhill Place, was jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

    Analytical work by officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit identified Andrew Turner as the one coordinating operations and forensic work identified one of his fingerprints on a bag of cash which was later seized by police.

    On 30 September 2016, as part of their investigation, officers stopped Lee Brook’s Vauxhall Astra estate and found four kilos of high-purity cocaine with a street value of £320,000.

    His home address was searched a further kilo of cocaine, with a street value of £80,000, other quantities of adulterated cocaine, a large quantity of cutting agent and a press used to compress drugs into boxes were also seized.                                                                    

    On 12 October 2016, Lee Mabbott was stopped walking along Harrogate Road, Leeds, and was caught carrying £109,470 in a plastic bag for life.

    Detective Chief Inspector Warren Stevenson of West Yorkshire Police’s Protective Services (Crime) Division, said: “These individuals supplied large amounts of illegal drugs.

    “Illegal drugs cause misery in our communities and these people chose to involve themselves in this vile trade which causes so much pain and suffering.

    “They now have time inside to consider the consequences of their actions.

    “Today’s sentencing of these individuals is the culmination of a thorough and painstaking investigation by the team.”

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