Police smashed into the home of drugs boss Germane Tarrant with a battering ram, cornering him as he tried to flee onto the roof of the property. An officer spotted the topless man teetering on the side of the house and shouted, "He's outside," before running around to cut off his escape. Moments later, Tarrant was in handcuffs.
Investigation and sentencing
Tarrant, the leader of a gang that flooded Sale and Altrincham with drugs, was sentenced to nine years and ten months at Minshull Street Crown Court on July 6, 2026. The conspiracy ran from August 2024 to July 2025. The gang used safehouses in Cadishead and Moss Side and communicated via radios to avoid police detection.
Four others were also sentenced: Calvin Cousins, 48, a trusted friend and street dealer, received seven years and two months; Nicholas Griffin, 39, Tarrant's personal trainer who became a dealer earning up to £600 a week, was jailed for six-and-a-half years; Letitia Sandys, 31, Tarrant's partner, was sentenced to 27 months; and Stacey Dulieu, 41, who allowed her home to be used as a stash house, received a suspended sentence.
Police operation
The gang was exposed after Tarrant was pulled over in a black Mercedes in Sale, where police found cannabis, cash, and mobile phones. Subsequent surveillance and phone data analysis linked the gang to the sale of 3.3 kilos of cocaine and 53.3 kilos of cannabis. Judge Bernadette Baxter said Tarrant was in charge of the gang's day-to-day running.
Sandys assisted by providing legitimacy, collecting drugs, and helping with anti-surveillance measures. The judge told her: "You enjoyed the money it made for you and your family." Dulieu, a customer, received free or discounted drugs in exchange for using her home as a stash house.
Sentencing remarks
Judge Baxter emphasized punishment and deterrence, stating that the offending was "so serious that only immediate imprisonment is justified." She added that the sentences should deter others from getting involved with serious criminals for financial gain. Tarrant, of Salford, and Cousins, of Stockport, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis. Griffin, of Timperley, was found guilty of the same charges. Sandys and Dulieu admitted participating in the activities of an organized crime group.
