Oldham link to drug gang fugitives

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TWO members of a Scarborough drug gang who absconded before they could be sentenced by a judge could be in Oldham.

Detectives are urging the public to help them track down Sonny Elms and Paul Daniel Heaton.

They have links to Scarborough and Manchester, in particular Failsworth, Moston and Cheetham Hill. Warrants have been issued for their arrest.

Both defendants failed to appear at York Crown Court on Wednesday, February 1, where they were due to be sentenced for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and crack cocaine.

Five members of the gang are currently starting prison sentences that add up to almost 20 years after appearing at the same court last week.

Their jail terms ranged from one-and-a-half years to six years, three months.

Elms is 24-years-old, 6ft 1ins tall and a proportionate build. He has dark eyes and blond hair, which he often shaves.

Heaton is 26, 5ft 11ins tall and is also proportionately built. He has blue eyes, short hair and is often unshaven. Heaton speaks with a Manchester accent.

Anyone who has information that could help detectives locate either man should contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 and ask for the Force Control Room. Any immediate sightings should be reported on 999. Alternatively, you can call CrimeStoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Please quote reference number 12130209531.