A GROUP of drug dealers who disguised themselves as barbers and electricians have been jailed.

Dean Criscuolo, Christopher Brooks, Kerran Boylan and Ben Dalton were part of a gang who donned workman clothes to deliver drugs across Sussex, Surrey and London.

The four men were caught and arrested as part of an international police operation in April last year.

Operation Venetic, part of an investigation led by the National Crime Agency, identified the group and passed on information to individual police forces.

Evidence given to police revealed the four men had been dealing drugs to vulnerable users.

The Argus: Dean Criscuolo, Christopher Brooks, Kerran Boylan and Ben Dalton were part of a gang who dealt drugs across Sussex, Surrey and London Dean Criscuolo, Christopher Brooks, Kerran Boylan and Ben Dalton were part of a gang who dealt drugs across Sussex, Surrey and London

Police raided a house linked to Criscuolo in Godstone, Surrey, where phones and around £500 cash was seized. The 35-year-old was also identified as the leader of the gang.

A warrant executed at Boylan’s in Oxted, Surrey, found a large amount of white powder and £1,780 in cash.

Data from the seized phones and vehicles revealed Dalton was also part of the gang and was working for Criscuolo as a dealer.

Brooks was discovered to be in charge of mixing the cocaine to increase quantities for drug dealers to sell.

At Guildford Crown Court, all four were jailed after pleading guilty to multiple drugs offences.

Criscuolo was jailed for 13 years and six months, while Brooks, 31, was sentenced to seven years and one month.

Boylan, 32, was jailed for seven years and eight months, with Dalton, 33, was sentenced to six years and nine months.

Detective Constable Arun Sharma said: “Operation Venetic provided the breakthrough we needed when it came to identifying those involved in serious organised crime, including drug dealing.

“This group of men, particularly Criscuolo, were making thousands by selling drugs to vulnerable users and were disguising themselves as reputable men, working as barbers and electricians.

“This case is one of many that Surrey Police’s serious organised crime unit has been dealing with in an ongoing bid to tackle drug-related crime in the area.”