A dog breeder from North Lanarkshire was one of a gang of seven jailed after cops foiled a high-level drug dealing operation.Richard Parvin, 38, from Motherwell was hit with the longest sentence of the seven who were jailed for a total of more than 26 years at the High Court in Glasgow after they were snared with drugs and cash worth around £400.000.Parvin, along with Neil Brown, 34, George McLean, 32, Craig Mitchell, 30, John Cord, 34, Francis Ross Snr.

47, and his son also Francis Ross Jnr., 22, had all entered guilty pleas to charges of being involved in the supply of controlled drugs.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Most of the offences took place in Dundee with five of those jailed living in the city, and McLean living at an address in Glasgow’s Easterhouse area.The court had previously heard that detectives had been carrying out surveillance on the gang as part of Operation Boost and stopped Parvin as he was driving between Dundee and Perth in May 2019.They discovered over £12,500 in cash and seized his mobile phone.

They later seized another phone from him which contained pictures of blocks of cocaine, tick lists and messages implicating him in the supply drugs.

Lanarkshire dog breeder one of seven sentenced for part in 'high-level' drugs supply

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