Drug dealers (left to right) Alfie Damien Bailey, Ben Freer and Bradley Mark Peter Taylor were all jailed
LEADERS of a seaside drug gang that recruited children to help them peddle heroin and cocaine in their neighbourhood have been jailed.
The "P-line" gang used mass advertising techniques, sending out text messages from mobile phones to get drug addicts to buy from them, York Crown Court heard.
They operated in Scarborough, particularly in the Barrowcliff estate, throughout 2020.
Today, three leading members of the gang, Bradley Mark Taylor, 21, Alfie Damien Bailey, 20, and Ben Freer, 25 are behind bars serving more than 11 years.
Investigation officer, Detective Constable Darrell Temple, of Scarborough CID, said: “They were found to be exploiting young, impressionable males from the local area to conduct tasks such as topping up deal phones and acting as street runners.