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Bradley Clough Jailed for 15 Years After Rap and Phone Evidence
Police said Clough’s phone held a rap track, cash photos and messages that helped convict six people in a drug network worth about £80,000.
- On Friday, April 11, Bradley Clough, 25, of Redcar, was jailed for 15 years as ringleader of a drug conspiracy that flooded North Yorkshire with heroin and crack cocaine.
- Detective Sergeant Collingwood of Cleveland Police dismantled the operation after Clough challenged officers to "prove it" when confronted about his crimes. Detectives then uncovered self-incriminating evidence on his phone.
- In the rap track discovered on his phone, Clough boasted he "run the town with white and brown," referencing heroin and cocaine. The gang made an estimated £80,000 using two drug lines across North Yorkshire.
- Callum Quinn, 26, Clough's right-hand man, received an 11-year sentence, while five other associates received custodial sentences for their lesser roles in the enterprise.
- Cleveland Police stated they are "pleased with the success of this investigation; taking drugs off the streets and five people in prison paying for their crimes." Officials quipped Clough's time behind bars may "inspire further raps.
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