Gasps as drugs gang jailed for 60 years

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Drugs found as part of the drugs ring police operation

by Paul Hooper

A drugs gang responsible for a 6m drugs operation in Kent has todaybeen jailed for60 years in total.

There were gasps in the public gallery at Canterbury Crown Court when Rodney Stacey and Patrick Goodman, who had masterminded the drugs network,were handedjail terms of 18 and 19 years respectively.

Undercover officers from Kent and Sussexs Serious Organised Crime Unit had spent 18 months hunting down and prosecuting the illegal network.

Stacey, 37, from Victoria Road, Folkestone and Goodman, 64, from Paddock Wood were sentenced for a string of money-laundering and drug smuggling charges.

The two had used legitimate haulage businesses to hide the shipments bringing in cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy and cannabis through Dover.

Judge Heather Norton then praised two investigating police officers, DC David Friend and DC Charlotte Warren.

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Gasps as drugs gang jailed for 60 years