Stevenage drug dealers jailed for more than 14 years

The pair from East London ran the ‘Max’ drug line, supplying heroin and crack cocaine in the area for more than a year before their arrests in March 2024.

Herts police's specialist county lines team, Operation Mantis, conducted a long-running investigation before arresting the two men who pleaded guilty at St Albans Crown Court on November 27.

Donnell Willocks, aged 28, and of Radbourne Crescent, East London, was sentenced to 7 years and three months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

Donnell Willocks was sentenced to 7 years and three months (Image: Herts police) Khyien Corbett, aged 27, and of Blackhorse Road, East London, was sentenced to 7 years and three months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

​Khyien Corbett, aged 27, and of Blackhorse Road, East London, was sentenced to 7 years and three months (Image: Herts police) Detective Sergeant Chris Cowell, from the Operation Mantis team, said: “These two men contributed to much of the drug crime in #Stevenage over more than a year, controlling the ‘Max’ drug line. The disruption of this will make a considerable impact on drug supply and associated crime in the town.

“These sentences demonstrate that even though no drugs were recovered during the arrests, we were able to gather enough evidence to gain substantial punishments for offenders involved in selling drugs and spreading misery.”