Robert Price, Scott Weaver and brothers Andrew and Graham Lee received prison terms at Leeds Crown Court on 23 December 2010 after admitting offences linked to an international cannabis ring whose northern store police had raided in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, in October 2008.[1][2]

Sentences

Price, 55, of Hollyshaw Terrace, Whitkirk, Leeds, was jailed for eight years; Weaver, 30, of the same address, for five years and three months; and Andrew Lee, 46, of Wrenthorpe Road, Wakefield, and Graham Lee, 43, formerly of Bramley, Leeds, for three years and four months each.[1][2] Judge Kerry MacGill said the cannabis involved was a huge amount and called the operation professional and on a grand scale.[1][2]

The 2008 warehouse

Officers searching a lock-up on Wrenthorpe Road found about three and a half tonnes of cannabis hidden in flower boxes, with grinding scales and other distribution equipment, after intelligence that Andrew Lee had rented the unit.[1][2] Detective Inspector Stuart Spencer said the premises had served as the northern hub for an international ring and that he had never seen so much cannabis before.[1] Yorkshire Post reporting said Price lived lavishly, with luxury cars and £100,000 in cash under his floorboards, while further Leeds raids recovered more drugs and £175,000 in cash.[2] Police said asset-recovery action would follow under the Proceeds of Crime Act.[1]