Six men sentenced for supply of cocaine

A side by side of three mugshots. On the left is Cartel Williams wearing a grey hoodie with black strings. He has black hair, brown eyes and a beard. In the middle is Haskins, wearing a white t-shirt. He has a ginger full beard and mousey brown hair swept to the side. On the right is Wood wearing a dark-grey t-shirt. He has black hair, a small trimmed moustache and a scraggly beard. Image source, Avon and Somerset Police
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Williams (L), Haskins (M), and Wood (R) received harsher sentences for their more prominent roles in the operation

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Six men have been sentenced for their combined role in the supply of cocaine.

The case came after Avon and Somerset Police stopped a car in Lockleaze, Bristol, on the evening of 7 April and seized almost a kilo of cocaine.

The group were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday for the drug enterprise spanning from November 2023 to April this year.

Five of the men received significant jail sentences while the sixth was handed a suspended sentence.

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Smith (L), Gregory (M), and Adrian Williams (R) were each sentenced for their involvement

Cartell Williams, 28, of no fixed abode, was jailed for eight years.

Aaron Thomas Haskins, 33, of Hartliffe, Bristol, was handed a seven-year prison term.

Ashley Wood, 27, of Bedminster, Bristol, was jailed for six years.

Ajani Smith, 28, of Lockleaze, Bristol, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Luke Anthony Gregory, 30, of Hartcliffe, Bristol was jailed for 28 months.

Adrian Williams, 59, of Hartcliffe, Bristol, was sentenced to 19 months in jail, which was suspended for two years.

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