Man known as 'Mr Wolf' becomes 11th man jailed over multi-million-pound drugs operation
A man known as 'Mr Wolf' has become the 11th man to be jailed after being involved in a multi-million-pound drugs operation.
Last updated 19th Jun 2025
An 11th man has been jailed for his role in a multi-million-pound drugs operation, which supplied cocaine to the West Midlands.
Steven Woolridge, 41, played a leading role in the operation, orchestrating the supply of drugs and collecting debts by the group.
Known as 'Mr Wolf' or 'Big Wolf', Woolridge was the conduit between drug dealers in the UK and organisations based overseas.
Woolridge, of Lyndale Road, Coventry, has been sentenced to 14 years and eight months.
It makes him the 11th man from the gang to be jailed, bringing their total sentence to more than 100 years.
Other members of the gang include Mark Cheadle, Paul Patterson, Martin Brown, and James Piotrowski who were all jailed for between six and 15 years last year.
The gang used vans to transport hundreds of kilos of cocaine from London and Bedfordshire up to the West Midlands.
Block of cocaine were found with the Latin phrase 'alea iacta est', which means 'the die is cast'.