Former police officer jailed for drug dealing
A former West Midlands Police officer has been jailed for his role in a drugs ring.
Mark Turner was one of three men who were given prison sentences at Birmingham Crown Court.
More than four kilogrammes of cocaine worth £712,000 was recovered from the men, which they had hidden in a house, in a car boot and in their clothing.
Police also seized more than £120,000 in cash from cars and houses belonging to the men, believed to have the result of their criminality.
Turner, aged 30, of Pytman Drive, Sutton Coldfield was jailed eight years.
Richard Sattar, 32, of Olton, Birmingham, was sentenced to eight years and three months, while Dale Catley, 35, from Minworth, near Sutton Coldfield, was sentenced to five years and three months.
The trio had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply drugs.
Former officer Turner was sacked by the force in 2009 for a separate offence of misconduct in a public office, after he passed information from police computers to convicted fraudsters.
The court heard how he was found with a kilogramme of drugs under his top after his black Audi was pulled over by police.
More drugs were recovered from the car's centre console.
Plain clothes officers also found two kilogrammes of coaine and £80,000 in cash in the boot of Catley's BMW after observing a drugs exchange between him and Sattar.
More cocaine and cash was found at Catley's home.
Detective Inspector Darren Crutchley, from the force's serious and organised crime unit, said: "The convictions are the culmination of a complex investigation into this criminal network, who were instrumental in supplying cocaine in Birmingham.
"Their assets, including property, cars and valuables will now be subject of confiscation proceedings through the Proceeds of Crime Act."
