Pair are jailed for heroin plot

Richard Barrett, 39, was driving the Leeds-registered cab with two people on board when it was pulled over in the Tang Hall area of York.

Yesterday, Barrett and another man, Adam Thackway, were both jailed at York Crown Court for conspiracy to supply heroin.

Thackway, 22 from Tang Hall, York, was jailed for four years and seven months and Barrett, 39, from Leeds, was jailed for three years and six months.

Thackway had admitted conspiracy to supply heroin. Barrett had denied a similar offence but was convicted by a jury. Sentencing of an 18-year-old woman, who has also admitted taking part in the conspiracy, has been adjourned.