Man who ran drugs network jailed

A man who ran a drugs network from Birmingham into Leominster has been jailed.

Lee Sheldon Carr, from Moseley, cuckooed a drug addict’s address in the market town and used it as a base to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

On Thursday, he was jailed for six years and nine months after admitting conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
 
It’s the latest, and final, success in Op Ballet – a joint operation between the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) and West Mercia Police into County Lines running into Hereford, Malvern and Leominster.

Carr ran what was known as the ‘AKBG’ County Line which was found to have a significant foothold on the drugs market in Leominster.
 
The 29-year-old used a Birmingham associate to travel to Leominster and co-ordinate sales on his behalf, though he occasionally made the trip himself using hire cars.
 
Police raided his home in Chestnut Road, Moseley on 27 November 2018 and found the main drugs line plus £2,000 in cash.
 
Examination of the phone revealed the extent of his drug dealing.
 
In August 2020 Carr’s 27-year-old co-conspirator was jailed for two years eight months.