Shepherd's Bush Man Jailed for Running Westminster Drug Network
Max Daniels also convicted of possessing a firearm
Max Daniels. Picture: Met Police
March 27, 2023
A man from Shepherd’s Bush was jailed for five years after being convicted of being a member of a gang that ran a drug network in the Westminster area.
19-year-old Max Daniels of Orminston Grove, W12 was convicted of possession and supply of Class A drugs, possession of criminal property, and possession of a firearm and ammunition.
He pleaded guilty to all charges before and during the trial along with two associates aged 25, Lloyd Brown and Saed Gutale, who were jailed for six years each.
On Tuesday, 12 April 2021, police from the Operation Orochi team raided a house in Westminster that was believed to be being used as a drugs stash house.
The three convicted men ran out of the back of the house when they heard the officers entering but were caught and detained in the rear alley.
Over £35,000 worth of cocaine and heroin was found alongside a self-loading pistol and ammunition. The pistol had been converted, enabling it to be viably fired.
Phones were found which corroborated their involvement in running the drug line. This enabled the officers to locate a fourth person, who was aged 17 and had been acting as a drugs runner, at his home address later that same day.
Extensive phone communication enquiries concluded that Brown was the Line Holder of the 'Adam' line and Gutale and Daniels were the holders of the 'TT' line. Analysis of the two drugs line showed, that between January to April, the Adam Line had supplied over 1kg of crack and heroin and was worth over £9,000 per week. The TT Line had supplied over 2kg of crack cocaine and heroin and was worth over £14,000 per week.
PC Jack Hardwick, from the Op Orochi team, said, “We have taken down two more lines running in and out of London.
“Our communities suffer as a result of the violence and anti-social behaviour they face in their neighbourhoods because of this criminal activity. The recovery of a working firearm with suitable ammunition highlights the association between drug supply, even county drug lines supplying outside of London, and violence and firearm offences on the streets of London.
“The Met will relentlessly pursue those responsible for County Lines drug supply, bringing them to justice for their abhorrent crimes.”
Another man, aged 18, of NW10 will also be sentenced at a later date for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
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