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Left: Jamie Elkin. Right: Lewis Lacey(Image: WMP)<\/p>\nJamie Elkin, 37, from Castle Bromwich, and Lewis Lacey, 31, from Castle Vale, have been jailedLeft: Jamie Elkin. Right: Lewis Lacey(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n
Two Birmingham cocaine dealers have been jailed after police discovered drugs and cash stashed in storage units.<\/p>\n
Jamie Elkin, 37, from Castle Bromwich, and Lewis Lacey, 31, from Castle Vale, ran the illicit enterprise until West Midlands Police<\/a> busted their operation.<\/p>\n Elkin was arrested outside a storage unit on Kingsbury Road in Birmingham with one kilo of cocaine, which was given to him by Lacey, in April 2022.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Watch Birmingham learner driver high on cannabis speed away from police at 110mph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: Man arrested after shooting in Birmingham as police probe attempted murder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Police said Elkin was trying to get into a storage unit via a roller shutter door with the drugs when police arrested him with the drugs, which were later found to have a value of up to \u00a345,000. More than \u00a350,000 was also seized from the storage unit.<\/p>\n Officers also carried out raids at two storage containers used by Lacey in the Minworth area, as well as his home address, in July that year.<\/p>\n At his home, two stolen Audis were found, along with \u00a316,500 in cash, and a Rolex watch worth \u00a311,800. In the units, police found half a kilo of cocaine and crack cocaine, \u00a338,820 in cash, and numerous bags for drugs to be put into for deals.<\/p>\n A jet ski, scales, a stolen motorbike, and equipment used to steal cars was also seized.<\/p>\n Lacey, of Chigwell Close, Castle Vale, admitted possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of criminal property, handling stolen goods. He was jailed for seven years following a hearing at Birmingham<\/a> Crown Court on October 16.<\/p>\n Elkin, of Hawthorn Road, Castle Bromwich, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to supply. He was jailed for five years and six months.<\/p>\n Speaking after the case, Det Insp Amar Patel, from the Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands, said: \u201cThis were two significant seizures of cash and drugs that would have gone on to be sold and cause misery on the streets of the West Midlands.<\/p>\n \u201cThe quantities involved show that these drugs were being moved at the wholesale level, which would then be passed on dealers to be broken up and sold on the streets.<\/p>\n \u201cLacey was unemployed on paper but was clearly living well beyond those means.<\/p>\n \u201cA significant investigation involving CCTV, mobile phone analysis and other techniques has led to them now being behind bars for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n Police are committed to tackling serious and organised crime under Operation Target. Their officers and staff work 24\/7 to identify, disrupt and arrest those involved in guns, drugs, money laundering and exploitation. Find out more: Operation Target | West Midlands Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Elkin, 37, from Castle Bromwich, and Lewis Lacey, 31, from Castle Vale, have been jailedLeft: Jamie Elkin.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,30037,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-522895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-castle-bromwich","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115425124909904469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_cash2JPG.jpg\")
Cash was fund hidden in a tin (Image: WMP)<\/p>\n