Drug gang who flooded UK county with 'super heroin' jailed for 90 years
A gang has been jailed for a total of almost 90 years for peddling drugs, including a 'super heroin', across the streets of Nottinghamshire. Members of the gang, which included three generations of the same family, have been sentenced following what police described as a "painstaking" investigation which spanned two years.
Kingpins Shaun Lau and Daniel Yeboah were both handed 20-year jail terms by Judge Stuart Rafferty at Nottingham Crown Court. The pair were already serving time for drug trafficking. Nottinghamshire Police said the two men attempted to run their operations from their prison cells through an illegally obtained mobile phone device.
The force said they and their co-defendants attempted to flood the city and county with drugs, including 'a super heroin' mixed with the highly dangerous substance, fentanyl, the results of which can be fatal.
The pair were in close contact with Hayley Price, from Sherwood, who would ensure the drugs were collected and distributed, NottinghamshireLive reported.
She even brought her own daughter and mother into the operation.
Her mum, Angela Price, 61, of Greythorn Drive, West Bridgford, was being paid £250 for receiving half a kilo of cocaine hidden in biscuits, which was intercepted by Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport.
But their operation literally came crashing to the ground in August 2023, when a drone packed full of drugs hit a tree outside HMP Parc in South Wales.
Its destination - inmate Shaun Lau, who was planning to distribute the drugs amongst his fellow prisoners.
Drone controller Hayley Price, assisted by her daughter Kaci-leigh Stones, 20, had even returned with a torch to try and locate the crashed device.
Detective Inspector James McDonagh said: "This was a complex investigation to bring down a major drug-dealing enterprise.
"Drugs, including fentanyl and heroin, destroy lives and are closely linked to other acquisitive crimes such as burglary, robbery, retail crime and theft, which impact law-abiding residents.
"Lau and Yeboah have shown a complete disregard for the justice system, brazenly running their drug operations from their prison cells.
"On their release, they continued to peddle drugs, with no attempt whatsoever to change their lives around. Both are not clever individuals. They have always found themselves caught by police, hauled back before the courts and straight back into prison.
"When we executed a warrant at Yeboah's address, he came into custody wearing a football shirt with 'Shota' on the back. This was the name he referred to himself on incriminating mobile phone texts organising the drug deals.
"Hayley Price was also a major part of this enterprise and a willing participant, who did not care that she was attempting to flood the streets of our city and county with a super heroin that had the potential to seriously harm the end user.
"She was even tallying up how much she could make from the product and even recruited her mum and daughter into the operation, who were also happy with the arrangements.
"Their motives - sheer greed, with a complete disregard for the impact their crimes would have on their community."
Prosecutor Jonathan Cox said during the time the conspiracy ran - January 2023 to March 2025 - those involved sold class A drugs such as heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and ecstasy, as well as class B substances cannabis and synthetic cannabis, aka "Spice" or "Mamba".
He said: "Because of the size and scale of this operation, the length of time it ran and the number of customers involved, we do not say it was just these (three) defendants who were involved. There were a number of others who are not part of this trial because they have all already admitted their involvement."
Mr Cox said Shaun Lau, 37, of Burmese Road, Pinxton, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs, NottinghamshireLive reported.
The prosecutor said: "He was very much the head of the operation, in control of every aspect of the group's activity, who started the operation while he was still in prison."
Mr Cox said the next in the chain was Daniel Yeboah, 42, of no fixed abode, who has also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs and began his involvement while serving a previous prison term.
He said: "He was involved in importing drugs into the UK."
The prosecutor said Price, Price and Stones' cases were "very much intergenerational involvement in this conspiracy."
He said: "We say Angela Price provided substantial support, receiving large quantities of drugs to her home.
"A snapshot of this is that the police intercepted a package from Trinidad and Tobago, which contained half a kilo of cocaine addressed to her.
"Hayley Price (who admitted both conspiracies and is of Costock Avenue) appeared to revel and thrive in her role of a drug dealer, but for her ill-discipline, much of this would have remained unknown.
"When the police analysed her mobile phone, they found she had screenshot incriminating messages which she had deleted - but she forgot to delete the screenshots.
"Kaci Stone, the granddaughter (who also admitted both conspiracies), prepared and stored for onward supply and on occasion also dealt, and her likely involvement was because of her mum."
Mr Cox said gang member Leiran Dawes, 31, of Fraser Road, Carlton, had pleaded guilty to both conspiracies and was "Yeboah's right-hand man while he was in prison".
He said Shiero Marquis, 35, of Oxclose Lane, Arnold, like Angela Price, admits the cannabis conspiracy but denies the class A one.
The prosecutor said: "He held a very senior role as a right hand man to Lau and was involved in a large number of the group's activities from sourcing drugs down to the supply."
Mr Cox said Munroe, of Belvoir Vale Grove, Bingham, and who denies any involvement, "was romantically involved with the head of the operation, Shaun Lau".
He said: "She willingly allowed herself to become involved because it was his business, and when the police searched her address under the bed, they found half a kilo of cannabis, cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.
"Photos and videos recovered from her phone showed her handling wholesale quantities of cannabis."
The prosecutor said Raheeb Ibrahim, 28, of Dirkhill Street, Bradford, has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Mr Cox said Mohammed Waheed, 36, of Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, has also admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs and he "ran the dedicated drugs line" the group used to sell.
Final member Nicholas Jones, 38, of Alfreton Road, Radford, has pleaded guilty to the cannabis conspiracy, and when he was arrested, he had a quarter of a kilo of cannabis on him.
Mr Cox said: "To give another snapshot of the operation, members of the group travelled to Bridgend to try and fly a drone containing drugs and other contraband into prison.
"But that was unsuccessful because the cord hanging from the drone, in which there were drugs, snagged on a power line and crashed."
Lau had spent the best part of 20 years serving long prison sentences for drug dealing. But he had a complete disregard for the justice system and showed no attempt at rehabilitation, police said. On his release in December 2023, he continued to operate a successful drugs business with the help of Shiero Marquis, aged 36, of Oxclose Lane in Arnold.
This included the set-up and management of a drugs line selling crack cocaine and heroin, and the supply of bulk quantities of cocaine and cannabis. The court heard how Marquis was Lau's right-hand man, and when arrested in March 2025, his car was found to contain nearly six kilograms of cannabis.
The drugs operation was estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Hayley Price boasted over messages she had received £29,000 in a single month from Lau while he was in prison for the purpose of purchasing another kilogram of cocaine.
Other key players included Lieran Dawes, aged 30, of Fraser Road, Carlton, whose role was to facilitate drug deals arranged by Yeboah from his prison cell.
Dawes was Yeboah's man on the outside, responsible for storing bulk quantities of heroin and cocaine, fentanyl and other dangerous class B synthetic substances and collecting cash for the purchased drugs.
Raheeb Ibrahim, aged 29, of Redhill Lodge Drive, Redhill, and Mohammed Waheed, aged 36, of Kentwood Road, Sneinton, also played a significant role.
They operated Lau's drug line, supplying heroin and crack cocaine to customers and lower-level dealers.
Lau, Marquis, Ibrahim and Waheed made regular trips to Bingham, where one of the stash houses was located, run by Millee Munro. Munro was not only involved in the storage of Class A and B drugs but also in transporting them to different locations at the guidance of Lau.
Cannabis dealer Nick Jones, aged 39, of Alfreton Road, Nottingham, purchased his cannabis from Lau's group. He was caught with a quarter kilo of cannabis after officers witnessed him meet Lau and attend the home of Munroe for a short period of time.
At Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday March 4, the group were sentenced to nearly 90 years combined behind bars.
Detective Constable Steve Fenyn said: "In my 21 years' service, this is the first time that I have investigated a group involved in the supply of fentanyl.
"The impact fentanyl is having on America is horrendous and we cannot let it happen in our city and county."
- Daniel Yeboah, of no fixed address, and Shaun Lau, 37, of Burmese Road, Pinxton, - 20 years each
- Hayley Price - 10 years
- Angela Price - three-and-a-half years
- Kieran Dawes - eight-and-a-half years
- Raheeb Ibrahim - three years
- Mohammed Waheed - five years and eight months
- Shiero Marquis - 11 years
- Millee Munroe, 49, of Belvoir Vale Grove, Bingham - four years
- Kaci Stones - 15 months suspended for two years