THREE men have been jailed for more than 15 years after they were trapped by Operation Gatecrash which was mounted to clear drugs from the streets of Kidderminster.

Between them, they averaged a daily sale of 90 wraps of heroin, worth £900, and their main reward was a supply for their own addiction.

Undercover police made test purchases and filmed deals taking place on video, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Anthony Sewell, 42, of Hurcott Road, Alan Bramley, 45, of Park Lane, and Wayne Cleavely, 26, of Jubilee Drive, all Kidderminster, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin worth £150,000 between April and October last year.

Cleavely, described as the leader, was jailed for five and a half years and £5,960 was confiscated. Sewell, who had £165 confiscated, was jailed for five years and three months. Bramley was jailed for five years.

Cleavely supplied the other two with mobile phones for the drug dealing, said Ebrahim Mooncey, prosecuting.

Sewell supplied customers on weekdays, Bramley sold at weekends while Cleavely usually supplied in the evenings. Their reward was mainly five wraps apiece.

Cleavely was apprenticed as a panel beater but had been working as a windscreen fitter just before his arrest, said Alistair Eadie, defending. He was sacked suffering from deep vein thrombosis caused by his addiction.

Although Cleavely was the leader of the syndicate, the profits were passed on further up the line, said Mr Eadie.

Sewell was suffering from hepatitis C from taking drugs and alcohol, said his barrister Emma Akuwudike. He was registered disabled but had been drug-free for the past six months.

Simon Warlock, for Bramley, said he became involved with drugs after his marriage broke up in 1991 and he began drinking. His life had gone out of control.

Judge Andrew Geddes said the three realised the misery brought on by drugs but they had continued to supply at street level to others.

Chief Insp David Jones, who led the operation, said: "It is satisfying to know we have taken 90 wraps of heroin off the streets of Kidderminster on a daily basis but it is a continuous fight against drugs."