Four men jailed for their part in conspiracy to supply cocaine to a part of North Yorkshire
Police discovered messages on a phone which were offering cocaine for sale
Last updated 15th May 2025
Four men have been jailed for a total of 13 and a half years for their roles in conspiring to supply cocaine in Scarborough.
Messages were identified on a seized phone from a dedicated deal-line in late 2021.
They were uncovered following a operation by Scarborough CID
- Antony Valentine Berry aged 38, of Westbourne Grove, Scarborough, was sentenced to five years and nine months’ imprisonment
- Sean Lee Mosley Naylor aged 40, of Franklin Street, Scarborough, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment
- Arron Thomson aged 36, of Lingfield Garth, Leeds, got three years and 10 months’ imprisonment. He had previously been jailed for four years in January 2022 for possession with intent to supply offences
- TJ Lewis Glendinning aged 25, of West View, Middleton, Pickering, was jailed for two years and 11 months
Police discovered the messages on a phone which was seized during a different investigation.
They found daily messages to local drug users offering cocaine for sale.
Phone evidence linked the line to Glendinning who could be proved to be holding and operating the number on behalf of the others.
Then on the afternoon of 7th December 2021, Thomson was stopped by North Yorkshire Police’s Firearms Support Unit in his vehicle travelling towards Scarborough from Leeds on the A170.
He was found to be in possession of 148 grams of cocaine and 79.5 grams of heroin hidden in his trousers.
Thomson was convicted of possession with intent to supply and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.
His phone was examined and evidence from this implicated Naylor and Berry as working alongside him.
Chats, messages, and further phone data proved that all three had set up the drug dealing enterprise and had several others working below them at various times.
Other individuals, who had been previously convicted of dealing cocaine throughout 2021, were linked to all three men.
Naylor sent messages to one of these individuals advising them they owed £4,000 for cocaine and not paying this was ruining his drug line.
Berry sent messages to an associate discussing that a drug user had smoked his crack he had left with them to hold.
Following a lengthy investigation, Naylor, Thomson, Berry and Glendinning were charged in April 2024 with conspiring together to supply cocaine.
A trial was set for May 2025, but the group all changed their pleas to guilty before it started.
Investigating officer DC Darrel Temple, of Scarborough CID, said:
“The complex investigation identified that Naylor, Thomson and Berry were operating above others, including Glendinning, to peddle Class A drugs into Scarborough.
“The ring leaders were Naylor, Berry and Thomson and they clearly had power over those below them. With that comes great responsibility to keep people in check.
“Despite operating under the radar for some time, mistakes were made that led the police to identify their activities and eventually bring them to justice.
“The supply of cocaine is an ever-increasing problem for the police and society in general. We will continue to relentlessly target those behind such serious organised crime in our area.”