Below are some of the more serious drug cases to have passed through Sheffield Crown Court and other courts recently involving a variety of illegal substances.
Offenders have been involved in dealing class A drugs including heroin and crack cocaine and two others were involved in smuggling drugs into a prison.
One dealer was brought to justice after road traffic police stopped his vehicle because of a broken brake light, while another offender was jailed for producing cannabis after 331 plants were found at a Sheffield property.
But judges have seen fit to punish these offenders appropriately with custodial sentences of varying lengths.
1. Abidul Islam
Pictured is Sheffield drug-dealer Abidul Islam who was sentenced to 65 months in a young offenders institution after he forced a teenager into the back of a car.
Derby Crown Court heard Islam introduced the Chesterfield teen to crime but when the 16-year-old said he no longer wanted to be involved Islam drove him around for hours and threatened him. Islam, aged 20 at the time of sentencing, of Glen Road, Sheffield, admitted false imprisonment and supplying heroin and cannabis during a hearing at Derby Crown Court in January. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
2. Darren Bygrave
Crack cocaine and heroin dealer Darren Bygrave, pictured, was jailed for four-years and one-month after he was snared by South Yorkshire Police.
Bygrave, aged 49 at the time of sentencng, of Monk Bretton, Barnsley, had been charged with possessing Class A and Class B drugs with intent to supply.
The dealer was arrested in 2018 and 2019 and Sheffield Crown Court heard how he had previously smuggled sedative drugs into HMP New Hall in Wakefield during a visit. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
3. Jerone Thompson
Jerone Thompson, aged 23 at the time of sentencing, of Halifax Road, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield, admitted two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply to another. Sheffield Crown Court heard how he was found by police selling heroin and cocaine in the street on March 10. Judge David Dixon sentenced Thompson in April to 40 months of custody. Photo: South Yorkshire Police
4. Alkader Mohammed
Alkader Mohammed, aged 23 at the time of sentencing, was given 32 months of custody following a drugs bust. Mohammed, pictured, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court in April after Class A drugs and thousands of pounds in cash were found at a house in Burngreave during a police search in March. Mohammed, of Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to possessing class A drugs with intent to supply. Photo: South Yorkshire Police