Police have released images of six people jailed over their role in a prolific drugs gang. The members of a Shirebrook drugs gang who dealt hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of class A drugs in the town have been jailed for a combined total of 45 years.
Thomas Carlisle headed up the gang which handled and distributed huge quantities of cocaine between May 2018 and July 2020. Officers executed a series of warrants in the town in July 2020 as part of Operation Nelly, a dedicated investigation into the supply of illegal substances.
Cocaine and thousands of pounds worth of cash were found at properties associated with the group and arrests and gang members were charged. Carlisle, 30, of Church Drive, Shirebrook, who had enjoyed a lavish lifestyle thanks to the proceeds of the group's criminal activity, appeared at Derby Crown Court for sentencing on August 25.
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He was handed a jail term of 11 years and three months’ imprisonment after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine, supply of cannabis, money laundering and possession of criminal property. The remaining members were sentenced as follows, some at earlier hearings, for conspiracy to supply cocaine and other offences as indicated:
- Justin Woodham, 37, of Blackmires Way, Sutton-in-Ashfield – 10 years
- Adam Betts, 33, of Sherwood Drive, Shirebrook – eight years
- Melissa Mikosz, 32, of Church Drive, Shirebrook – seven years and three months with additional offence of money laundering
- Adrian Mohammed, 34, of Queensway, Pilsley – four and a half years
- Georgia Vincent, 23, of The Woodlands, Langwith – four years with additional offence of concealing and converting £25,000 worth of criminal property.
Detective Constable Holloway, officer in the case for Operation Nelly, said: “The damage that drugs and drug-related crimes cause should not be underestimated; it does not stop with the substance user but extends well beyond to their families and local communities.
“I hope that these sentences show that there are very real consequences for those who choose to deal drugs in Derbyshire and that we will do everything in our power to disrupt your activity. We will arrest you, charge you, and put you before the court to answer for the harm you do.”
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