Drug dealing brothers were found with a combined amount of 18.2kg of heroin and crack cocaine worth £1m after one of them was pulled over by police while transporting the drugs. Scott Foote and Simon Foote were based in Liverpool but delivered huge amounts of Class A drugs to areas across Wales.
The pair dealt in wholesale amounts of heroin and crack cocaine. They were caught after Simon Foote, 32, was stopped by police in Newport while trying to move 1kg of crack cocaine to Swansea. His brother, who is 27, ran their operation from his home in Liverpool, our sister site Wales Online reports.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard police raided the younger Foote's house on April 27 and found 14.2kg of heroin and 4kg of cocaine. He was also found in possession of a stun gun, and drug paraphernalia including pressing moulds, mixing equipment and packaging.
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Roger Griffiths, prosecuting, told the court the seized drugs were worth in the region of £1m. Texts and messages found on mobile phones revealed the brothers were responsible for trafficking the drugs to towns and cities across the UK. On the day he was arrested, Simon Foote was also due to travel to Devon.
Scott Foote, of Victoria Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine and possession of a prohibited weapon. Simon Foote, of Dewsbury Road, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and possession with intent to supply crack cocaine.
In mitigation, it was conceded on both of the defendants' behalves they would be receiving lengthy custodial sentences. The court heard both were fathers and would not be part of their children's lives for the foreseeable future due to their convictions. It was said Simon Foote played a lesser role than Scott Foote, and was directed by his brother to where the drugs needed to be delivered.
Judge Paul Hobson said: "This was a supply operation involving wholesale quantities of class A drugs where the intention was to transport these drugs from Liverpool to other properties. Huge profits could be made and you were contributing to the misery these drugs cause in both England and Wales and were worth several hundred thousand pounds."
He added: "This impacts upon those who love you but I am afraid to say that is the choice you each took when you involved yourself in this enterprise. No doubt you hoped you would not get caught, but you did get caught and now you have to face the consequences."
Scott Foote was sentenced to a total of 11 years and three months imprisonment. Simon Foote was sentenced to five years and four months imprisonment.
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