NINE men and a woman have been sentenced for their role in a cocaine dealing ring.

The gang were imprisoned for more than 40 years between them after police raided homes in Salford, Trafford, Manchester, Wigan and Lancashire in March. In total 15 properties were searched and more than £200,000 worth of class A drugs were seized along with £30,000 in cash.

Five of those sent to prison were from Tyldesley:

Mark Smith, aged 26, of Lune Street, for nine years

Jake Barrett, aged 27, of Wardley Road, for six years

Callum Green, aged 24, of Lever Street, for six years

Jamie Grundy, aged 24, of Prospect Street, for three years

Daniel Smith, also known as Daniel Hefferon, aged 23, of Linton Road, for two years

They each admitted a single count of conspiracy to supply class A drugs between June 18, 2015 and October 9, 2015.

The judge gave a 12-month jail term, suspended for two years, to Stacey Bradley, aged 38, of Wardley Road, Tyldesley, after she admitted supplying a controlled drug.

Superintendent Mark Kenny, from GMP’s Salford division, said after the case: “The sentences handed down are proof of the continuous work GMP does to dismantle organised crime groups.

“I would like to thank all the officers involved in this operation who have put endless hours into this investigation over a long-running period.

“Our work today doesn’t stop here and we will continue to disrupt and destroy organised crime in Salford with the help of the local authority and other partners as part of Operation Gulf.”

The other co-defendants who were jailed were Brendan Robertson, aged 42, of Redbrook Road, Timperley, for eight years, Paul Cox, aged 36, of Old Mill Close, Pendlebury, for seven and a half years, Wayne Jones, aged 38, of Croft Bank, Lower Broughton, for five years, and Ernest Barrow, aged 52, previously of Holdsworth Street, Swinton, and now of HMP Forest Bank, for two years.

All admitted a single count of conspiracy to supply class A drugs between June, 18 2015 and October 9, 2015.

Officers will initiate a Proceeds of Crime Act application to try to recoup the gang’s gains.