Drug dealers jailed after dawn raids

Two drug dealers have been jailed after police found £22,000 worth of cocaine and heroin, as well as gold jewellery, multiple vehicles and cash at houses in Bradford.

Alfie Leahy, 22, and Connor Broadbent, 26, were sentenced for more than eight years in total at Bradford Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to the offences in August.

The drugs were discovered during dawn raids on 17 July at Leahy's home in Dawson Street and a property on Grayswood Crescent in Holme Wood.

Police also found cannabis, a baton, knives, multiple mobile phones and a replica firearm.

Sgt Charlie Smallwood said he hoped the sentences would serve as a "warning to others who aim to profit from criminality".

"Drug dealing blights our communities and is a direct cause of violent crime and county lines offending," he said.

Leahy was sentenced to five years in prison for being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as possession with intent to supply cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.

Broadbent, of Wycombe Green, was jailed for three years and four months for possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property.

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