Police pounced on dealers to unearth cocaine worth millions stashed at Leeds home
The drugs were so heavy that dealer needed both hands to carry the bag
Dealers have been jailed for more than 14 years after police witnessed kilogrammes of near-pure cocaine being carried into a Leeds house.
The bag contained 25 kgs of the drug with an estimated street value of £2.5 million.
Known dealer, Samuel Senior, and Andrew Duffy both admitted dealing in Class A drugs and were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court.
The court heard police had been surveilling Duffy’s property on Raynel Mount in Adel on March 12 when Senior arrived driving a BMW.
Prosecutor Carmel Pearson said he then got a black holdall bag from the boot and walked into Duffy’s home.
It was so heavy he needed both hands to carry the bag.
Police quickly followed him inside where they detained him. Senior was wearing latex gloves. Duffy was present and also arrested.
The black bag contained 25 kgs of cocaine in blocks that was found to be 95% pure.
During the search of the house they also found a quantity of heroin.
Smaller bags of cocaine was also found in Senior’s BMW. His home on Holtdale Drive, Adel, was also raided and a female present was arrested.
Over £3,000 in cash was found and £12,800 worth of heroin at the property.
It was heard that 36-year-old Senior had recruited Duffy to stash the cocaine at his home, while Senior said he was also “warehousing” the drugs but was trusted to carry out other tasks by more senior dealers.
Senior was jailed in 2016 for importing Class A drugs and given a 32-month sentence.
For his latest crimes he admitted two counts of dealing in Class A drugs.
He appeared in court over a video link from HMP Leeds where he was being held on remand.
Mitigating on his behalf, Nathan Davis said Senior accepted he was facing a “lengthy and significant sentence”.
He said that Senior was going through his own drug-addiction issues at the time.
He said he suffered significant trauma as a child and was a victim of domestic abuse.
Duffy, 39, admitted two counts of dealing in Class A drugs and one of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
He has just one previous conviction for a driving matter.
Mitigating, Sam Roxborough said he allowed his home to be used for storage, but “did not appreciate the overall scale that Senior was involved in”.
He said Duffy had been diagnosed with ADHD and was prone to impulsive behaviour.
Judge Simon Batiste jailed Senior for 10 years, and Duffy for four-and-a-half years.