Two brothers and their partner in crime have been jailed for a total of 25 years after an investigation which uncovered more than £470,000 worth of drugs.
Detectives from the serious and organised crime unit identified Rahel and Maruf Ahmed and Mohammed Islam as being responsible for a drug supply line across Essex.
They used WhatsApp group chats named "Royal Mail" and "New Amazon Delivery" to bulk buy and sell, and sent messages to customers offering offers and deals on cocaine, heroin, MDMA, cannabis and ketamine.
The trio were arrested in a co-ordinated strike on January 21 last year.
Police found £30,000 in cash, 1kg of 'pink cocaine', 2kg of cocaine, 50g of MDMA, 72g of heroin and 17kg of cannabis.
Pink cocaine is a substance which is dyed bright pink. It does not contain cocaine and has a variety of dangerous and illicit drugs with no set 'recipe', which makes it is highly unpredictable and very dangerous to users.
In total, the substances and cash were valued at £477,655.
All three men were charged with drug offences.
The brothers admitted two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and two counts of conspiracy to supply Class B drugs.
Islam admitted three counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, two counts of conspiracy to supply Class B drugs, and possession of criminal property.
A number of offences will lie on file for all three men.
Rahel Ahmed, 33, of Heron Way, Mayland, was sentenced to nine years in jail at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Maruf Ahmed, 22, of Dryden Close, Maldon, was sentenced to seven years and six months in jail for the drug offences.
He was also sentenced for separate traffic offences, which included ramming a police car. He received a further nine months for those offences to be served consecutively.
A previous suspended sentence was also activated, and he was sentenced to a further three months, taking his total sentence to eight years and six months in prison.
Islam, 39, of Coventry Road, Ilford, was sentenced to a total of seven years and six months in prison.
All three will be pursued by police financial investigators through the Proceeds of Crime Act and items seized will be forfeited and destroyed.
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