THREE members of a criminal gang known as The Firm which flooded the North West with huge quantities of Class A drugs have been jailed for a total of more than 13 years.
The sentences bring the total jail terms for members of The Firm to more than 100 years.
Paul Davies, 30, of Montgomery Drive, Burnley; David Guy, 41, of Huddersfield and Robert Sumner, 36, of Macclesfield all pleaded guilty to various drug charges and were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court yesterday.
Davies was jailed for six years for conspiracy to supply amphetamine and cannabis; Guy was jailed for 21 months years for being concerned in the supply of amphetamine and Sumner caged for five-and-a-half years for possession of amphetamine with intent to supply. He was also convicted of possession of ecstasy with intent to supply after an earlier trial.
Sentencing them, Judge Anthony Ensor told them they were involved in a "wicked trade" and a large scale conspiracy involving huge quantities of drugs.
The other members of the gang, including boss Matthew Glover and right-hand-man Anthony Lockwood, were jailed for a total of 87 years following a trial at Preston Crown Court last month.
Lockwood, 41, of Stocks Lane, near Gisburn, and Glover, of Foxstones Drive, Cliviger, had denied three charges of conspiracy to supply ecstasy, amphetamine sulphate and cannabis resin between September 1, 1999 and February 6, 2001.
During the trial the court heard Lockwood and Glover were responsible for organising drugs deals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds which were carried out in Lancashire, Manchester and West Yorkshire. They were arrested following an Operation, codenamed Norfolk, led by the National Crime Squad.
The six other gang members who pleaded guilty at earlier hearings were jailed for between two and nine years for playing what Judge Anthony Ensor described as distinct and separate roles in the conspiracy.
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