Got them! Faces of criminals snared in six-week blitz are revealed
Scores of crooks from a Black Country borough were jailed after a six-week blitz on crime, police have revealed.
Officers in Sandwell have issued their thanks to members of the public for their help in bringing the criminals to justice as part of the Safer Six campaign.
Among the criminals jailed after dawn raids were carried out were dozens of drug dealers - who polluted the streets with their wares.
West Midlands Police said a total of 64 arrests were made in the crackdown in spring last year which was specifically aimed at tackling suspected drug dealers.
Sandwell Police ?tweeted: "60-plus people arrested during last year's crackdown on drug dealers & criminals have been convicted for their crimes.
"This is thanks to tip-offs from local people, the operation - codenamed Spring Safer Six.
"It has resulted in entire families being jailed, handed fines, ordered to undertake unpaid work and in some cases evicted from their homes."
Among those jailed was unemployed Wendy Gibbons, 41, of Beacon View Road, Charlemont Farm, West Bromwich.
She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin - and was jailed for 24 months.
Factory worker Jasbir Singh Rai, 47, of Queens Road, Tipton pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin.
He was jailed for 32 months.
Jobless Amandeep Kaur Gill, 23, of St Mark's Road, Smethwick pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine conspiracy to supply heroin, and was jailed for 32 months.
The aim of the intelligence-led operation was to use the suspicions of local people to target those who were causing misery in their neighbourhood.
Each town had a focus week during the campaign, responding to issues which local people have said are important to them.
The campaign continued in the autumn, with offenders carrying out 'community payback' by putting in more than 1,200 hours of work and helping clear more than 33 tonnes of waste across Sandwell's six towns.
Council leader Councillor Darren Cooper said: "It's good to see offenders giving something back to the local community as part of their court sentences.
"At the same time, they have cleaned up 'grot spots' across the borough as part of the campaign, making a difference to the look of the area."
