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Class A result: Operation Sentry team brings West Yorkshire county lines drug dealer to justice 🚨 

A West Yorkshire county lines drug dealer has been jailed for five years and seven months for operating the ‘Larry Line’ between Huddersfield and York involving thousands of pounds worth of crack cocaine and heroin.

Dakari Roy Brown, 25, of Bulay Road, Huddersfield, was sentenced at York Crown Court today (Thursday 22 October 2026) having pleaded guilty to three offences earlier this month.

These are conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and acquire, use or possess criminal property.

Brown’s criminal activity was uncovered by North Yorkshire Police’s Operation Sentry Serious Organised Crime Team.

They began investigating a drugs line, which through phone data analysis, they were able to establish was operating between Brown’s hometown of Huddersfield and York.

Dubbed the ‘Larry Line’, this spanned a nine-month period from 18 December 2025 up until his arrest on 10 September 2026 when a drugs warrant was executed at his home address.

During the search of the address, two personal mobile phones, a deal line handset and two SIM cards attributed to belong to Brown were located inside his bedroom.  

Cash and suspected Class A drugs were also located.

As well as the custodial sentence, Brown was also handed a forfeiture and destruction order for drug-dealing related items valued at £1,930.  

🗣️ A spokesperson for the Operation Sentry Serious Organised Crime Team said: “County lines drug dealers like Dakari Brown exploit some of the most vulnerable people in our communities to make as much money as possible.

“Unfortunately for them, the Operation Sentry team is relentless in the pursuit of organised criminals, and we will use all our powers and capability to detect and dismantle such illegal activity within York and North Yorkshire and across the policing borders as demonstrated in this case.”

County lines ⬇️ 

County lines is the name given to drug dealing where organised crime groups (OCGs) use phone lines to move and supply drugs, usually from cities into smaller towns and rural areas.

They exploit vulnerable people, including children and those with mental health or addiction issues, by recruiting them to distribute the drugs. This is often referred to as ‘drug running’. Criminals may also use a vulnerable person’s home as their base of operations. This is known as ‘cuckooing’.

Since launching in September 2024, Operation Sentry has dismantled 23 county lines, with 32 offenders arrested, charged and remanded, receiving a combined 888 months in prison.

The signs of drug dealing can include ⬇️ 

• Increased callers at a property at all times of the day or night

• Increase in cars pulling up for short periods of time

• Different accents at a property

• Anti-social behaviour at a property

• Not seeing the resident for long periods of time

• Drug-related rubbish – small plastic bags, syringes

• Windows covered or curtains closed for long periods

Reporting information about drug-related crime ⬇️ 

Anyone with any information about suspected drug-related crime are urged to make a report via the North Yorkshire Police website or by calling 101 and speaking to the Force Control Room.

Always dial 999 if an emergency response is required.

If you would prefer to remain anonymous, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or make a report online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

Get professional support for drug and alcohol related issues ⬇️ 

• Drink Drug Hub website https://drinkdrughub.co.uk/

• North Yorkshire Rise– young people's specialist drug and alcohol service- freephone 08000 14 14 80 (option 2) – https://humankindcharity.org.uk/service/nyrise/

• North Yorkshire Horizons- adult specialist drug and alcohol service - freephone 08000 14 14 80 – https://nyhorizons.org.uk/

• City of York Drug and Alcohol Service– https://www.changegrowlive.org/york/info

• NHS– https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help/

• FRANK helpline and information - https://www.talktofrank.com/