Derbyshire Times news bulletin, November 20

Derbyshire Times

Here's today's bulletin from the Derbyshire Times, with news of a county-lines drugs gang being jailed - and concerns after a major roads project has been put on hold

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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:04 Members of a drugs gang who idolised Al Pacino's Scarface and pumped cocaine into Derbyshire

00:09 communities has been jailed for more than 70 years.

00:13 The County Lines gang produced cocaine worth more than £1.1 million, which they pumped

00:18 into towns across the Midlands.

00:20 They moved kilos of the class A drug into Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.

00:25 The gang, who sold drugs wrapped in lottery ticket stubs, were finally caught after a

00:30 year-long police operation.

00:32 A crucial iPhone, which finally nailed them, was accessed when police found CCTV footage

00:38 of the gang members using the passcode while shopping for groceries.

00:42 Officers copied the passcode to open the phone, which then revealed details of the gang's

00:47 drug dealing and money laundering operations.

00:50 Members of the gang were convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine and were jailed for a combined

00:54 total of 71 years and 7 months.

00:59 Staveley and Chesterfield Councillors have raised concerns after learning that Derbyshire

01:03 County Council is putting the proposed £166 million Staveley Bypass project on hold as

01:09 part of cost-saving plans.

01:12 The project hoped to open up disused former industrial land to create housing, thousands

01:17 of jobs and reduce congestion and pollution in Brimmington and Staveley.

01:21 However, Derbyshire County Council has announced a number of drastic cost-saving actions, one

01:27 of which includes pausing all work on the planned 6km Chesterfield to Staveley regeneration

01:31 route project.

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