Dean Chick (Image: South West Regional Organised Crime Unit)

A man was stopped on the M5 as part of a police operation to bust a major drugs ring in the South West. Dean Chick was stopped by officers on the M5 northbound, and found with more than £31,000 in cash.

The 37-year-old, along with three other people involved in the supply of multi-kilo amounts of cocaine and heroin, were jailed today (Friday, November 7) at Bristol Crown Court .

It followed an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU), which seized around 10 kilos of cocaine and four kilos of heroin linked to the operation - with a street value of over £1million.

The drugs ring began in January 2022 when Joe Hatherall was released from prison on licence, having served half of his nine-year sen

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