Officers pulled over Stephen Lockley near a service station
Stephen Lockley (Image: Staffordshire Police )
A white van man was caught with a £3m drug haul on the M6. Officers from the Regional and Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) stopped a white transit van which was being driven Stephen Lockley by at Norton Canes Services on the M6 Toll on the afternoon of July 23 last year.
When officers looked inside the vehicle, they found 24kg of heroin, with an estimated street value of £2.4m, and 5kg of cocaine, believed to worth £500,000. The 39-year-old, from Liverpool, admitted possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine in August at a previous hearing.
He was jailed for six years at Stafford Crown Court on Friday, January 10. Detective Inspector David Simpson, who investigated, said: “Lockley was involved in a significant level of drug supply in our communities and we welcome this sentence.
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“Illegal drugs have no place in our society and we will continue to combat organised criminal gangs that cause harm and misery in communities through their supply. This outcome should serve as a message to those involved in drug dealing. They will be tracked down, arrested, charged and sent to prison.”
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