Black Country news and blogs Saturday 1 March 2014
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Jail for Halesowen drug dealer 
Halesowen News 28 Feb 14
A HALESOWEN drug dealer caught with £8,400 worth of heroin and crack cocaine after being stopped by police officers in Lye has been put behind bars.
FixMyStreet
Discarded syringe and drugs paraphernalia, 28th February
FixMyStreet: Birmingham 28 Feb 14
Hi, please could you send the street sweeping machine down Hallewell Road ASAP.
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Drug dealer found in caravan
Tyburn Mail 27 Feb 14
David Mitchell Police hunting for a drug dealer in Erdington found their man hiding away in a caravan with a large quantity of crack cocaine.
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Birmingham drug dealer hid in caravan with crack cocaine
Birmingham Mail 27 Feb 14
Officers also found cannabis, cash and dealing gear in Kingstanding house search…
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Kingstanding drug dealer jailed after being found with £10,…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 27 Feb 14
A DRUG dealer from Kingstanding found with a 10,000 haul has been jailed for Class A offences.
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Call for Council Action on Gambling Addiction
Walsall Labour Party News 21 Feb 14
Gareth Illmann-Walker, Labour and Cooperative Councillor for Willenhall North Labour Councillors are calling on Walsall Council to support its campaign against what has been described as the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ after it was …
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Drug addict’s granted wish of prison sentence
Coventry Observer 19 Feb 14
DRUG addict Christopher Harbourne clocked up 18 pages of previous convictions to support a heroin and crack cocaine habit which was costing him a staggering Acirc;pound;30,000 a year.
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Possessing bags of cocaine among cases heard by Coventry magistrates
Coventry Telegraph 19 Feb 14
Cases dealt with by Coventry Magistrates on January 2-3…
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Coventry gang jailed for 51 years after £5m drugs bust
Coventry Telegraph 18 Feb 14
Massive haul of heroin, cannabis and amphetamines found in raids across city…
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Weekend curfew for Tamworth man caught with cocaine
Tamworth Herald 15 Feb 14
A WEEKEND curfew has been imposed on a Tamworth man who was caught in possession of cocaine.
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Cocaine possession and assault among cases heard by Coventry magistrates
Coventry Telegraph 13 Feb 14
Cases dealt with by Coventry Magistrates on December 23-27…
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Heroin and crack cocaine charges for Erdington three
Tyburn Mail 13 Feb 14
Three people from Erdington appeared before Birmingham magistrates yesterday charged with drugs offences after early morning police raids in the past few days.
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UPDATE: Eight more charged with Class A drug dealing offences…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 12 Feb 14
SEVEN men and a woman have appeared in court charged with drug dealing offences including one from Sutton Coldfield and three from Erdington.
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Notorious Coventry drug gang told to pay back illegal cash
Touch FM 9 Feb 14
Members of a notorious Coventry drugs gang have been ordered to pay back more than £130,000 as a result of their ill-gotten gains.
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Chapter Nine – Solvents, Heroin and a machete-wielding wrong-un
The Diary of Wes 8 Feb 14
I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I returned to the Midlands this time.
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Willenhall dad jailed after being drawn into elaborate drug dealing operation
Coventry Telegraph 8 Feb 14
Robert Tallis joined forces with cocaine gang kingpin from Liverpool in prison…
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Coventry’s P1 crew ordered to pay back £100k from millions made from cocaine smuggling
Coventry Telegraph 7 Feb 14
Notorious city gang found to have minimal assets compared to the millions pocketed from drugs operation…
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Drug dealers jailed after £75k of cocaine found in airing cupboard
Birmingham Mail 5 Feb 14
Police acting on tip-off raided house in Acocks Green to find narcotics hidden in carrier bag…
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Drug Dealers with £50k haul Imprisoned
Tamworth Informed 30 Jan 14
Drug dealers from Tamworth and Lancashire have been jailed for possession of £50,000 of cocaine with intent to supply.
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Tamworth drug dealers jailed for £50,000 cocaine stash set…
Tamworth Herald 30 Jan 14
Drug dealers from Tamworth have been jailed for possession of 50,000 of cocaine which detectives believe was destined to be supplied in the town.
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Gangs caught selling drugs in Wolverhampton No Deal crackdown start jail terms
Express & Star 25 Jan 14
Two gangs and a dealer caught selling heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis during one of the biggest ever blitzes on drugs in the West Midlands are starting jail terms.
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Crack cocaine possession and stealing clothes from Primark among cases heard by Coventry magistrates
Coventry Telegraph 24 Jan 14
Cases dealt with by Coventry Magistrates on December 4-5…
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Dad caught smuggling £270,000 of cocaine jailed
Birmingham Mail 20 Jan 14
Wolverhampton electrician locked up for four years after being caught at Gatwick Airport…
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Wolverhampton electrician caught with cocaine worth £270k in bottles
Express & Star 20 Jan 14
An electrician caught at Gatwick Airport with £270,000 worth of cocaine hidden inside three drink bottles has been jailed for four years.
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Burntwood man plundered Lichfield tyre firm’s till to pay for his…
Lichfield Mercury 18 Jan 14
A TYRE firm’s branch manager plundered the takings to pay for his cocaine habit, a judge heard.
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Woman with £26k drugs in knickers is jailed
Express & Star 18 Jan 14
A woman caught with £26,000 worth of cocaine in her knickers while passing through airport security has been jailed for almost three years.
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Dudley woman jailed for smuggling cocaine
Dudley News 17 Jan 14
A DUDLEY woman has been jailed for almost three years after she was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK.
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Drugdealing kingpin caught with £45,000 of cocaine in Halesowen ordered to pay £640
Halesowen News 17 Jan 14
A drug “wholesaler” caught with over £45,000 worth of cocaine in Halesowen has been ordered by a judge to pay just £640 from his ill gotten gains.
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Ten years behind bars for Stourbridge businessman involved in cocaine conspiracy
Stourbridge News 14 Jan 14
A “RESPECTED” Stourbridge businessman has been put behind bars for ten years for using an industrial unit as a cover for a well organised drug trafficking racket.
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Staffordshire tyre branch manager took takings to pay for cocaine
Express & Star 14 Jan 14
A tyre firm’s branch manager plundered the takings to pay for his cocaine habit, a judge heard.
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Drugs worth £75k found in Walsall car search, court told
Express & Star 7 Jan 14
Heroin and crack cocaine said to be worth £75,000 was seized after police officers pulled over a car in Walsall.
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Drugs ‘kingpin’ is jailed after residents give chase
Express & Star 1 Jan 14
A drugs ‘kingpin’ spent the New Year behind bars after police scuppered a heroin street deal before chasing and catching him with the help of residents.
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Drugs king pin jailed for nearly six years after peddling heroin in Lye
Stourbridge News 1 Jan 14
A DRUGS “king pin” has been jailed for almost six years after cops scuppered a street deal in Stourbridge and chased him down with the help of have-a-go residents.
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Cocaine possession and breaching non-molestation order among cases heard by Coventry magistrates
Coventry Telegraph 31 Dec 13
Round-up of cases that came before Coventry Magistrates Court on October 21…
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Northfield mum died after cocktail of drugs, inquest told
Birmingham Mail 27 Dec 13
Coroner’s Court told how 27-year-old suffered cardiac arrest after taking heroin, cocaine and methadone.
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Care boss apologises over toddler’s heroin death
Birmingham Mail 21 Dec 13
Serious case review into the death of Daniel Jones found the tragedy could have been avoided if professionals had ‘fully acknowledged’ the risk he was under…
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Toddler killed after taking his parents’ heroin was ‘failed by social services staff who knew his parents were drug addicts’
Daily Mail 20 Dec 13
In May last year, 23-month-old Daniel Jones ingested a tiny but lethal amount of heroin at the family’s home in Wolverhampton.
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Death of Wolverhampton toddler ‘avoidable’
Signal 107 20 Dec 13
Daniel Jones’ death from heroin overdose could have been prevented if services had ‘acknowledged the full extent of the potential risks’ he faced, a report says.
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Life of tragic Daniel Jones could have been saved
Express & Star 20 Dec 13
The death of little Daniel Jones from a heroin overdose may have been avoidable if agencies involved with his family had acknowledged the full extent of the risks he faced, it emerged today.
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200 years jail for drugs gang after £3.5 worth of heroin destined for city streets seized
Birmingham Mail 19 Dec 13
Detectives recovered £3.5 million worth of heroin, two firearms and hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash…
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Radford man forfeits 14k after cocaine found in Nuneaton office safe
Coventry Telegraph 18 Dec 13
Court agrees to seizure of money after thousands of pounds found bedroom drawer by police…
Council
National alert over deadly Caribbean soft drink
Sandwell Council News PR 17 Dec 13
Sandwell Trading Standards has issued a warning after a Caribbean soft drink was found to be contaminated with a lethal level of cocaine.
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Drink-driving and possessing cocaine among cases heard by Coventry magistrates
Coventry Telegraph 11 Dec 13
Round-up of cases that came before Coventry Magistrates Court on October 7…
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Dealers who stashed heroin in Kinder eggs locked up by judge
Express & Star 9 Dec 13
They hid heroin in Kinder eggs and buried drugs in a plant pot.
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Norton man among trio arrested after £30m drugs haul
The Sentinel 4 Dec 13
A STOKE-ON-TRENT man was among three people arrested when drugs worth up to 30 million were seized at a warehouse.
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Drugs worth £30 million seized by police in Brownhills,…
Walsall Advertiser 2 Dec 13
DRUGS worth up to 30 million have been seized in Brownhills in what detectives are describing as one of the largest hauls in their careers.
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Drugged and robbed by the beggar I let in my home
Birmingham Mail 1 Dec 13
Christine Dobson, from Birmingham, says her home was ransacked and her bank account drained after she befriended a heroin addict back in July who just called himself Wayne…
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Stourbridge man faces lengthy jail term over plot to supply cocaine
Stourbridge News 29 Nov 13
A 38-YEAR-OLD Stourbridge man is facing a lengthy stretch behind bars for his involvement in a plot to supply cocaine.
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Two Birmingham men jailed for their role in £5m heroin smuggling operation
Birmingham Mail 28 Nov 13
Atif Latif even continued to act at courier for drugs ring after being arrested and interviewed by police…
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Gallery: Midlands drugs gang jailed for £1m cocaine plot
Birmingham Mail 27 Nov 13
Gang led by Rubery-based Ilir Vogli receive jail sentences totalling 70 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine across the Midlands…