A gang appeared in court yesterday to admit conspiring to supply heroin in the North-East.
No details of the offences were given at Teesside Crown Court, but eight of the gang have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between November 1 last year and April 7.
They are Amran Bashir, 27, of Falmer Street, Najid Hussain, 24, of Stamford Street, Paul French, 24, of no fixed abode, but formerly of Percy Street, James Rutherford, 23, of Sedgebrook Gardens, Michael Saunders, 20, of Kelsall Close, Kerry Bogan, 20, of Costa Street, Michael Arundel, 24, of Belvedere Road, and Naveed Gulbhar, 22, of Park Lane, all Middlesbrough.
Jeffrey Brown, 32, of High Croft, Spennymoor, County Durham, pleaded guilty on August 6 to supplying class A drugs.
Another man, Tabrez Khan, 25, of Waterloo Road, Middlesbrough, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs. His trial will start today.
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