Leading member of Coventry County Lines gang jailed
Jordan Hill will be behind bars for 12 and a half years.
A man, described as a significant member of a County Lines gang in Coventry, has been jailed for 12 and a half years.
The gang trafficked drugs valued at around ÂŁ250,000 from Coventry onto the streets of tourist towns such as Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa.
The gang operated from January 2019 to July 2020, through CoVID lockdown, and are believed to have supplied at least 2.5kg of crack cocaine and heroin.
Jordan Hill, aged 33, was a senior player in the gang, managing deliveries, controlling others, carrying out violent acts, and taking orders.
West Midlands Police say they found hundreds of messages marketing their drugs to users, including one saying, "Come and get ur tackle, still in stock. Best of both."
During the case, several vulnerable people were safeguarded, including a 17 year old girl and a one year old baby.
Hill admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine and at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, he was sentenced to 12 years and six months jail.
Previously, eight other members of the gang had been jailed for a combined total of 56 years.
Those in charge of the operation did it from distance, making up to ÂŁ1,500 per day, and controlled others through violence, threats and reputation.
The drug runners faced attack with weapons, by rival gangs or being arrested on the street.
During the investigation we also recovered more than 1,000 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine plus nearly ÂŁ10,000 in cash.
During sentencing on Friday, His Honour Judge Cooke acknowledged that Hill was regarded as playing a leading role at times and he was a line manager to others, one in particular only 17 years of age.