Two jailed over £25m London drug dealing operation
The pair used hire cars to move millions of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin around the capital
Two people have been jailed for a combined 24 years for their roles in a multi-million pound drug dealing operation.
The paur were arrested after police stopped a hire care heading into London in July 2022, finding a black holdall containing 25kg of high purity cocaine.
27 year old Gabrielle Anderson, of Hercies Road in Uxbridge, was arrested along with the driver of the car.
Investigators were later able to identify Luke Skeete, 25, of Evergreen Drive in West Drayton, as being involved.
In October 2022 Skeete was stopped in a hire van in the Richmond area. Officers found 8kg of cocaine within the vehicle.
Police later searched a storage unit leased by Skeete, discovering 123kg of cocaine. A further 244kg of ketmine were found in another self-storage location in Richmond.
Skeete will spend 18 years behind bars after being charged with intent to supply Class A and B drugs. He was also sentenced for supplying cocaine, driving whilst disqualified and fraud at Isleworth Crown Court.
Anderson will spend six years and nine months behind bars for possession with intention to supply drugs. She was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court.
PC Dave Selwood, from the Met's Specialist Crime Command, said: “Skeete and Anderson thought that by using hire vehicles and minicabs they could move, with impunity, a significant amount of drugs into London for their own financial gain."
“Drugs as a whole but especially on this scale, are inextricably linked to violence and other crimes that cause misery for the people of London.
"The meticulous investigative work carried out by my team shows our commitment to taking these controlled substances off London’s streets.
“We hope that this result sends a clear message to those involved in illicit activities that the Met does not welcome this kind of enterprise in London, and our Specialist Crime officers will work determinedly to catch individuals such as this.”