Met officers from Hackney and Tower Hamlets have led a three-year investigation resulting in a total of 42 men being convicted for drug offences and disrupted the supply of millions of pounds worth of drugs to Hampshire and Brighton.

The final 18 men involved were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court between Monday, 22 January and Thursday, 25 January and received more than 150 years in prison for their part in supplying illegal drugs via 14 different supply lines

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