A court heard the gang’s domination of the drugs market in Leeds was close to a monopoly over a 12 month period.
The majority of the drug deals took place in the city centre in front of the Malmaison Hotel, on Swinegate.
It is believed 14 men involved in the operation may have generated a total of £3 million throughout the period of offending through the sale of cocaine, heroin and cannabis. They operated a series of ‘ring and bring’ dealer lines which generated almost 200,000 calls.
The men were arrested from properties across Leeds in March last year as part of West Yorkshire Police’s major crime fighting initiative Operation Viper.
Twelve members of the gang were sentenced Monday and included five Asians. They were:
• Shea Varley, 27, of Miles Hill Street, Leeds, jailed for nine years.
• Aiden Gidman, 24, of Borrowdale Close, Leeds, jailed for eight years.
• Daniel Franks, 24, of Miles Hill Avenue, Leeds, jailed for eight years.
• Richard Varley, 23, of Monkswood Close, Leeds, jailed for six years.
• Ashton Sutton-Barrow, 23, of Royal Park Road, Leeds, jailed for six years.
• Kevin Steele, 27, of Potternewton Avenue, Leeds was jailed for four years, eight months.
• Gurjodha Rathore, 25, of Scott Hall Road, Leeds- jailed for four years, four months.
• Randeep Singh Mudhar, 27, of Cambrian Street, Leeds- jailed for four years.
• Ralph Steele, 26. of Harehills Park Avenue, Leeds – jailed for three years.
• Preetpal Singh Mallli (24) of Stainburn Gardens, Leeds- jailed for two years, four months.
• Gurdas Rathore, 22, of Stainbeck Lane, Leeds- jailed for 16 months, suspended for two years, and given 150 hours unpaid work.
• Gurmal Singh, 22, of Alma House, Brentford London- jailed 12 months, suspended for 12 months, and given 250 hours unpaid work
Shaun Varley, 24, of Miles Hill Street, Leeds and Alex Simpson, 21, of Potternewton Avenue, Leeds will be sentenced at a later date.
