Gloucestershire man who ran cocaine gang from mums' house jailed

A man who ran a drugs operation from his mother's home has been jailed alongside four others for supplying cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Gloucestershire Constabulary said ringleader Jordan Ireland, 29, from Hucclecote in Gloucester was filmed weighing cocaine in his mother's kitchen. James Blandford, 35, also from Hucclecote - who was described as "second-in-command" of the drugs gang - was also sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court. They were both sentenced alongside gang members Brian Dennis, 55, from Cheltenham, Ashley Booth, 29, from Gloucester, and Scott Capstick, 37, also from Gloucester. The men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply drugs - apart from Capstick, who was sentenced for the lesser charge of being concerned with the supply of drugs - which he admitted. The court was told an investigation was launched into the gang in April 2024, when Ireland, who had previously served a six year prison sentence for drug offences, was arrested for unrelated matters. Police downloaded data from Ireland's mobile phone, which led officers to start a covert surveillance investigation. The court was told how the gang brought in hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of C