Goodfellas drugs gang jailed 62yrs

DRUGS crooks who arrogantly posed for a Goodfellas gangster picture have been jailed for a total of 62 years.

Detectives worked undercover for more than two years to bust the heroin and cocaine-dealing ring.

Brazen gang members styled themselves on American mobsters and mocked up a scene from Martin Scorsese gangster film Goodfellas.

In a series of six deals with undercover cops, the Bristol gang used a TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY to deliver heroin with a street value of 64,050.

The last of three court cases for 15 members of the gang took place this week at Bristol Crown Court. They all pleaded guilty to drugs offences.

Judge Julian Lambert jailed Ershane Khaliq, 25, for eight-and-a-half years.

Zuaur Ali, 28, Waseem Hussain, 22, Mushabar Aftab, 35, and Tassadaf Hanif, 28, got between five-and-a-half years and six years.

Tony Cross, 26, Aaron Dad, 24, Shazan Qumar, 30, Yasir Mahmood, 27, and Erion Qela, 25, were jailed for between two years and three-and-a-half years.

Last year, five others Howard Blake, 42, Anthony Byfield, 30, Bradley Pearcey, 24, Paul England, 30, and Craig Tamlyn, 31 were jailed for between two years and four-and-a-half years.

All the defendants are from the Bristol area apart from Aftab, of Reading, and Albanian Qela, of East London.

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Goodfellas drugs gang jailed 62yrs