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A gang have been jailed for almost 90 years for dealing drugs including ‘super heroin’ on the streets of Nottinghamshire. Members of the gang, which consists of three generations from the same family, were sentenced by police after a “painstaking” investigation spanning two years.

Kingpins Shaun Lau and Daniel Yeboah were given 20-year prison sentences each by Judge Stuart Rafferty at Nottingham Crown Court. The couple was already serving time for drug trafficking. Nottinghamshire Police said two men attempted to run their operations from prison cells using an illegally obtained mobile phone device.

Police said they and other defendants tried to flood the city and county with drugs, including “super heroin” mixed with fentanyl, an extremely dangerous substance whose results can be fatal.

The pair were in close contact with Hayley Price, of Sherwood, who would arrange for the drugs to be collected and distributed. NottinghamshireLive reported.

He even took his own daughter and mother into surgery.

His mother Angela Price, 61, of Greythorn Drive, West Bridgford, was receiving £250 for buying half a kilo of cocaine hidden in biscuits which were seized by Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport.

But their operations literally crashed into the ground in August 2023, when a drug-filled drone crashed into a tree outside HMP Parc in South Wales.

His target was inmate Shaun Lau, who planned to distribute the drugs among his fellow inmates.

Drone controller Hayley Price, assisted by her 20-year-old daughter Kaci-leigh Stones, even returned with a torch to locate the fallen device.

Detective Inspector James McDonagh said: “This was a complex investigation aimed at dismantling a major drug dealing organisation.

“Drugs, including fentanyl and heroin, destroy lives and are closely linked to other lucrative crimes such as burglary, burglary, retail crime and theft that affect law-abiding residents.

“Lau and Yeboah showed complete disregard for the justice system by brazenly running their drug operation from their prison cells.

“When they were released, they continued to sell drugs without making any attempt to change their lives. Neither of them are smart people. They always find themselves caught by the police, dragged back to the courts and sent straight back to prison.

“When we executed an arrest warrant at Yeboah’s address, he was detained wearing a football jersey with the word ‘Shota’ written on the back. This was the name he referred to in incriminating mobile phone messages organizing the drug deals.

“Hayley Price was also a key part of this initiative and was a willing participant who did not care that he was trying to flood the streets of our city and county with a super heroin that had the potential to seriously harm the end user.

“He was even calculating how much he could make from the product and even included the mother and daughter in the operation, and they were happy with these arrangements.

“Their motivation is pure greed and a complete disregard for the impact their crimes will have on their communities.”

Prosecutor Jonathan Cox said that throughout the course of the conspiracy – from January 2023 to March 2025 – those involved were selling class A drugs such as heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and ecstasy, as well as class B cannabis and synthetic cannabis (aka “Spice” or “Mamba”).

He said: “Due to the size and scale of this operation, the length of time it was carried out and the number of customers involved, we are not saying that only these (three) defendants were involved. There were a number of others who were not part of this trial because they had all already admitted their involvement.”

Mr Cox said Shaun Lau, 37, of Burmese Road, Pinxton, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs, NottinghamshireLive reported.

The prosecutor said: “He was in charge of the operation, controlling every aspect of the group’s activities and had launched the operation while he was still in prison.”

Mr Cox said the next man in the chain was Daniel Yeboah, 42, of no fixed abode, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs and became involved while serving a previous prison sentence.

He said: “He was involved in importing drugs into the UK.”

The prosecutor said the cases of Price, Price and the Stones were “massive intergenerational involvement in this conspiracy.”

He said: “We say you provided significant support by delivering a large quantity of drugs to Angela Price’s home.

“A snapshot of this was when police seized a package containing half a kilo of cocaine that had been sent to them from Trinidad and Tobago.

“Hayley Price (who admitted to both plots and is from Costock Avenue) appeared to enjoy and thrive in her role as a drug dealer, but much of this remained unknown due to her lack of discipline.

“When police analyzed his mobile phone, they found that he had screenshots of incriminating messages and deleted them, but forgot to delete the screenshots.

“Granddaughter Kaci Stone (admitted to both conspiracies) prepared, stored, and at times also traded for onward supply, and her mother was likely involved.”

Mr Cox said gang member Leiran Dawes, 31, of Fraser Road, Carlton, had pleaded guilty to both plots and was “Yeboah’s right-hand man while he was in prison”.

He said Shiero Marquis, 35, of Oxclose Lane, Arnold, also admitted cannabis conspiracy, like Angela Price, but denied class A cannabis conspiracy.

The prosecutor said: “He took on a very senior role as Lau’s right-hand man and was involved in numerous activities of the group, from drug procurement to supply.”

Mr Cox denied any involvement with Munroe, of Belvoir Vale Grove in Bingham, saying she was “romantically involved with the head of the operation, Shaun Lau”.

He said: “He voluntarily agreed to get involved because it was his job and when police searched his address under the bed they found half a kilo of cannabis, cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.

“Photos and videos obtained from his phone showed him using bulk amounts of marijuana.”

The prosecutor said Raheeb Ibrahim, 28, of Dirkhill Street, Bradford, had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

Mr Cox said Mohammed Waheed, 36, of Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, also admitted conspiring to supply class A drugs and “managed a dedicated pipeline” of drugs the group sold.

Nicholas Jones (38), late of Alfreton Road, Radford, pleaded guilty to cannabis conspiracy and had a quarter of a kilo of cannabis on him when he was arrested.

Mr Cox said: “To give another snapshot of the operation, members of the group traveled to Bridgend to try to fly a drone containing drugs and other contraband into the prison.

However, this failed because the cable hanging from the drone, containing the drugs, got stuck on a power line and fell.”

Lau spent the better part of 20 years serving long prison sentences for drug dealing. But police said he completely ignored the justice system and made no attempt to rehabilitate. When he was released in December 2023, he continued to run a successful drugs business with the help of Shiero Marquis, 36, of Oxclose Lane in Arnold.

This involved the establishment and management of a drugs line selling crack cocaine and heroin and the supply of large quantities of cocaine and cannabis. The court heard Marquis was Lau’s right-hand man and found he had around six kilos of cannabis in his car when he was arrested in March 2025.

The drug operation is estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of lira.

Hayley Price boasted in messages that she received £29,000 in one month from Lau while he was in prison to buy another kilo of cocaine.

Other key players included Lieran Dawes, 30, of Fraser Road, Carlton, whose role was to facilitate drug deals that Yeboah arranged from his prison cell.

Dawes was Yeboah’s outside man; He was responsible for storing large quantities of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and other dangerous class B synthetic substances and collecting cash for the drugs purchased.

Raheeb Ibrahim, 29, of Redhill Lodge Drive, Redhill, and Mohammed Waheed, 36, of Kentwood Road, Sneinton, also played a key role.

They operated Lau’s drug pipeline, supplying heroin and crack cocaine to customers and low-level dealers.

Lau, Marquis, Ibrahim and Waheed made regular trips to Bingham, where one of the stash houses operated by Millee Munro was located. Apart from storing Class A and B drugs, Munro was also involved in their transportation to different locations under Lau’s guidance.

Cannabis dealer Nick Jones, 39, of Alfreton Road, Nottingham, bought his cannabis from Lau’s group. He was caught with a quarter-pound of marijuana after officers witnessed him meeting with Lau and briefly going to Munroe’s home.

At Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, March 4, the group were sentenced to nearly 90 years behind bars.

Detective Constable Steve Fenyn said: “In my 21 years of service, this is the first time I have investigated a group involved in the supply of fentanyl.

“The impact of fentanyl on America is horrific, and we cannot allow this to 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 banned for 2 years and 15 months