A drugs gang which was found to have moved kilos of Class A drugs into North-West Leicestershire is awaiting sentencing after a year-long police investigation.

Officers uncovered how they imported class A drugs from London into the Midlands.

A 32-year-old man from Coalville is among those who will be sentenced next month.

The gang, led by Albanian brothers Edmund and Edward Haziri, controlled the "Eddie line" county line drugs operation, which was found to have moved kilos of cocaine into South Derbyshire, North-West Leicestershire, and East Staffordshire.

Derbyshire Constabulary reported that Grazmend Hoxha would travel from his home in Leicester to London and back to the Midlands to re-supply the gang's multiple dealers who sold the drugs to as many as 145 customers a day – netting the gang hundreds of thousands of pounds between April 2021 and March 2022.

The following gang members were found guilty last week of conspiring to supply cocaine, after an eight-week long trial at Derby Crown Court:

• Edmund Haziri, 36, of no-fixed address
• Edward Haziri, 34, of Shardeloes Road, Lewisham, London
• Grazmend Hoxha, 47, of Denis Close, Leicester
• Samuel Stoica, 25, of Burton Crescent, Wolverhampton
• Simion Stoica, 22, of Jeremiah Road, Wolverhampton
• Kirsti Prifti, 23, of no-fixed address

These convictions joined the following gang members who pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine prior to trial:

• Alban Krasniqi, 34, of Blackheath Hill, London
• Daniel Stavrat, 29, of no-fixed address
• Razvan-Ionel Manoliu, 27, of Village Mews, Burton Upon Trent
• Joshua Garrigan, 32, of Charnborough Road, Coalville

The gang will be sentenced on May 31.