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Friday 2 May 2014

Drug Dealers Who Posed With Cannabis And Cash Jailed

Jail for 'cocky' drug gang who posed with cannabis and cash
Russell Turner, who has been jailed for 13 months, with handfuls of cash and used notes stuffed into his waist (Picture: West Midlands Police/PA)
A gang of ‘cocky’ drug dealers have been jailed after police found mobile phonephotos of them posing with a stash of cannabis and bundles of cash.
Almost £1,000 of cannabis, dealer bags and digital scales were seized during a series of raids in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham in February last year.
One photo found on a mobile phone showed one of the gang showing off with handfuls of cash and used notes stuffed into his waistband.

In another, two of the men can be seen pictured next to dried cannabis leaf scattered across a floor.
Eugene May-Dyer, 24, Russell Turner, 18, Ian Cunningham, 24, and Grant Barnhurst, 21, admitted conspiracy to supply Class B drugs at Birmingham crown court this week
Undated handout photo issued by West Midlands Police of Russell Turner (left) with 24-year-old Eugene May-Dyer (right), from Halladale, examining dried cannabis leaf scattered across a floor which was shown as evidence in the trial of a gang of four drug dealers at Birmingham Crown Court. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday May 2, 2014. Eugene May-Dyer, Russell Turner, Ian Cunningham and Grant Barnhurst, all from Birmingham, were arrested during a series of raids in the Kings Norton area of the city in February last year. Officers seized almost £1,000 of cannabis, dealer bags and digital scales, plus mobile phones containing a back catalogue of text conversations between the group discussing drugs. All four admitted conspiracy to supply Class B drugs at Birmingham Crown Court. See PA story COURTS Photos. Photo credit should read: West Midlands Police/PA Wire  NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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‘These are young men who’d formed a fledgling gang that was on the up,’ said Det Chief Insp Paul Fotheringham of West Midlands Police.
‘We managed to intercept them at an early stage before their criminality could escalate and potentially cause more damage in the Kings Norton community.’
He added: ‘Our communities repeatedly tell us that taking action against drug dealing in communities is a priority for them and urge us to take action
‘That’s what we’ve done and four young men who cockily posed for photos boasting of their drug dealing are now paying the price.’
Turner was jailed for 13 months and May-Dyer for 12 months. Cunningham and Barnhurst were both handed nine-month sentences.

Credit: metro. 

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