A gang of drug dealers who enjoyed a millionaire lifestyle after flooding the capital with more than £5.5million worth of heroin have been jailed for a total of 72 years.
The pushers bought a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce, a £21,000 Rolex watch and designer threads from Paris after raking in a fortune running a string of drugs factories.
They also drove supercars including a Lamborghini and amassed an impressive collection of Dom Perignon and Cristal champagne, worth £700 a bottle.
A total of 55.62kg, worth an estimated street value of more than £5.5million, was seized during a series of raids across London and Kent.
The gang brazenly photographed themselves with the ‘spoils’ of their crimes, posing to show off the soles of their designer shoes and wearing three Rolexes, said prosecutor Kerry Broom.
The supply operation, busted in February this year, was led by Warren Desmangles, described as ‘pretty close to the top of the tree’.
The 31-year-old was jailed for 16 years in March this year, while drugs courier Dalwar Davis, 30, received a nine-year prison sentence.
Alistair Odoi, 37, and Duane Watson, 30, were each jailed for a total of 17 years on Friday.
Desmangles’ cousin, Darren Husbands, 33, who acted as a courier, received a seven-year term, while Jason Willis, 25, got six years.
Sentencing Desmangles and Davis, Judge Anthony Leonard QC said: ‘You enjoyed the luxury trappings including watches which cost five figures to buy, and a Rolex worth £21,000.
‘You enjoyed the benefit of Cristal champagne worth £700 a bottle, and Louis Vuitton trainers costing up to £795.
‘It’s reasonable to assume you were living a millionaire lifestyle - you had that sort of money to spend.
‘You were making vast profits from the trading of buying and selling heroin on a commercial scale.’
Drugs were stashed in a rented flat conveniently located in the same block as Desmangles’ home in Canary Wharf, east London, and also at Davis’ home in Chingford, east London.
Davis was caught red-handed dropping off some of the heroin to Desmangles during a raid on September 28 last year.
After the duo were arrested, new factories were set up in Enfield, north London; Hackney, east London; and Dartford, Kent.
A hoard of paraphernalia was also discovered, including two presses and food processors, together with numerous kilos of cutting agents including caffeine and paracetamol, and money counting machines.
Davis, of Walthamstow, east London; Desmangles, of Canary Wharf, east London; Odoi, of Stoke Newington, north London; Husbands, of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; Watson, of Tottenham, north London; and Willis, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, all admitted conspiracy to supply heroin.
Davis also admitted a further charge of possessing criminal property, as did Odoi, who also pleaded guilty to having a prohibited stun gun.
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