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Asfa Allen, known as Asco, masterminded at least four ' county lines routes ' out of east London, his trial heard.
The 32-year-old, from Gillingham in Kent, was found guilty last month, along with associate Akwasi Kwateng, 24.
Both were convicted of conspiracy to supply class A drugs via a county lines network.
And today Allen was caged for 12-and-a-half years at Blackfriars Crown Court.
The court heard Allen used lower-level gang members to facilitate his supply chains starting from Hackney, east London.
Jurors heard he had just landed a recording contract, which could have seen him leave his life of crime and violence behind.
'County lines' refers to groups or gangs using young people or vulnerable adults to carry and sell drugs from borough to borough, and across county boundaries.
Kai Lye, 28, from Hackney, Donovan Corbett, 22, also from Hackney, Bradley Fapolnle, 33, from Barking, and Denzel Nimoh, 20, from Coventry earlier pleaded guilty to supplying Class A drugs via a county lines network.
All six were convicted under Operation Halmist.
This is a proactive operation established by the Met's Specialist Crime North, formerly named Trident Central Gangs Unit.
Its objective was to disrupt organised Class A drug distribution routes into county forces, focusing in east London.
During the trial, the court heard that in the early hours of 12 December 2017, following months of investigations, officers executed 15 warrants across London and the home counties.
It resulted in £25,000 in cash and about half a kilogram of heroin being seized by police.
Phones, laptops, expensive designer footwear and vehicles were also seized.
Fifiteen people were arrested as part of these raids and the six found guilty were charged on December 13, 2018.
Detective Inspector Dave Williams, from Specialist Crime North said: "Drug dealing is inextricably linked to the violence we have seen across the capital.
"This result is a culmination of months of hard work and dedication focused on tackling these prolific drug dealers who targeted vulnerable people and managed multiple drug lines for the sole purpose of financial gain."
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