Coventry and Warwickshire drug gang jailed for a total of 45 years
They called themselves the "best in town”
Last updated 21st Nov 2022
A Coventry-based county lines gang which trafficked drugs worth almost £250,000 have been sent to jail for a total of 45 years.
The ‘Kano and CJ’ network is believed to have supplied at least 2.5kg of crack cocaine and heroin into Leamington Spa and Stratford upon Avon between January 2019 and July 2020.
The network was discovered by West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit in partnership with Warwickshire Police.
The police found over 1000 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine during the operation and nearly £10,000 in cash.
The gang’s ringleader was Levi Pollar Mersom, 29 from Coventry.
He was caught dealing drugs out of a Ford Fiesta in a car park near Stratford upon Avon, whilst a toddler sat in the back seat.
Both the one-year-old child and a 17-year-old who was also in the car have been given safeguarded care.
ROCU Detective Inspector Julie Woods said it was a “classic county lines operation”
She said: “Pollard-Mersom was in charge from a distance, making up to £1,500 per day, and controlled the others through violence, threats and reputation.
“He made most of the money but exposed himself to very little risk, while the drug runners faced the very real danger of being attacked with weapons, by rival gangs or being arrested on the street.”
SENTENCING:
Levi Pollard Meersom, 29, sentenced to 12 years and 9 months.
Paul Walker, 20, Pollar Meerson’s brother, sentenced to 10 years.
Kieron Hill, 23, sentenced to 8 years 3 months
Lewis Kerr, 29, sentenced to 7 years
Amy Lamb, 36, sentenced to 5 years 6 months
Gary Brown, 19, sentenced to 6 years
Hasum Makalo, 18, sentenced to 5 years 8 months
Jordan Hill, 31, to be sentenced on the 13th December.
Nell Desnousse, 22, sentenced to 1 year 10 months