A £20,000-a-week narcotics empire is in ruins today after being blown apart by police posing as junkies.
Their cast-iron evidence put 15 members of the cartel pushing heroin and crack cocaine around Redhill and Horley behind bars for almost 47 years.
Using the aliases Mark and Michelle, they made contact with the pushers over 11 weeks from March to May last year.
They set up drug deals which led to 13 synchronised dawn raids involving 200 officers.
The last few of the drug syndicate were sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Friday.
Operation Kingbird, a covert crackdown on class A drug dealing, uncovered an intricate underworld of illegal supply and demand across the south east.
In the biggest drugs operation carried out by Surrey Police, officers seized 150 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine, cash, suspected stolen goods, weapons, and drug paraphernalia.
Properties in Redhill, Horley, Woodhatch, Merstham and London were raided on Thursday, May 29 leading to 23 arrests.Of those arrested, 20 were convicted, 15 are behind bars and five were given suspended sentences or supervision orders.
East Surrey's divisional commander, Chief Superintendent Adrian Harper, described the drug dealing as a "cancer in our community".
He said: "Operation Kingbird was a huge success and the drug dealers have been put behind bars.
"Those involved in flooding our streets with class A heroin and crack cocaine are collectively serving 46 year and nine months.
"This reflects the seriousness of their offences and sends a clear message that we will not tolerate the supply of illegal drugs.
"Thanks to the hard work from the Crown Prosecution Service and a team of dedicated detectives we were able to carry out an extensive and thorough investigation and build a cast-iron case against those involved.
"Drug dealing is a cancer in our community.
"I can assure you that my officers and I are doing all we can to crack-down on anyone who thinks that they can supply illegal drugs in the area."
