Three men who formed a major Class A drug cartel have been caged for a total of 28-and-a-half years.
Imran Anwar, 36, of Portland Road, Luton, had pleaded not guilty but convicted at an earlier hearing of conspiring to supply Heroin and Crack Cocaine.
Co-defendants Ghulam Ghause, 34, of Dunstable Road, Luton, and Shamin Khan, 35, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
All three were sentenced by Judge Peter Wright at Luton Crown Court on Thursday.
He said the prison sentences were to reflect how seriously the courts took the supply of Class A drugs and the damage they do to society.
Anwar, said to be the ringleader of the gang, was sentenced to 14 years, Ghaus said to be his right-hand man to eight years and Khan said to be at the bottom of the cartel six-and-a-half-years.
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