'Greedy' heroin dealers who made £600k jailed

Leroy Parris and Raymond Escoffrey, both 41, were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court

Three drug dealers who sold more than £600,000 of heroin and crack cocaine and exploited people "to line their own pockets" have been jailed.

Merseyside Police found Leroy Parris, Raymond Escoffrey and Raymond Nicholls ran the operation between October 2024 and January this year from a home on Earle Road in Liverpool.

They all admitted being involved in conspiracy to supply and possession with intent to supply the class A drugs and were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court.

The force said the men likely supplied about 6.8 kg (13.2 lbs) of heroin and crack cocaine worth more than £682,000 in a 12-month period around Toxteth.

Raymond Nicholls, 38, was also sentenced on Tuesday

Parris, 41, of Carter Street in Toxteth, was jailed for nine years and was also sentenced for possessing a stun gun, a prohibited weapon, and possessing a firearm when prohibited.

Raymond Leon Escoffrey, 41, of Shakespeare Avenue, Southdene, Kirkby was jailed for eight years and six months, while Raymond Paul Nicholls, 38, of Princes Road, Toxteth was sentenced to eight years and eight months.

Heroin, crack cocaine and a stun gun were seized by police

Police raided the Earle Road address on 4 January and found the three men, alongside a Land Rover in the back garden with false registration plates.

They were arrested and dozens of wraps of crack cocaine and heroin were seized from the vehicle.

A stun gun device was also found in the boot of a nearby BMW car and officers found an air rifle inside the property.

Det Sgt Rebecca Hilton said the men had supplied the drugs "without a care for the harm they were inflicting, all for their own greed".

"These three men exploited some of the most vulnerable people in the L8 community in order to line their pockets," she said.