A tan, tanning salon boss lived a double life as a drug kingpin who ran a huge cocaine distribution racket from her town center salon.
Leanne Duffin lured young people into addiction and then forced them to become drug dealers to repay their debts.
The tan 31-year-old used the Cosmopolitan Tanning Salon as a front for the underground business.
Duffin drove expensive cars and carried out the facade of being a successful businesswoman but was working with her drug syndicate — and her 66-year-old dad — to deal on the streets.
This week the woman who thought she was “untouchable” was jailed for eight years for supplying Class A drugs. She was snared by cops after an extensive covert operation into her hidden life. Police said the gang was headed up by Duffin, but they needed strong evidence to put her away.
Officer Mike Adamson said: “Her tanning salon was essentially a front.
“A lot of people knew what was going on, she was driving around in very expensive cars.
“She was also exploiting vulnerable young people who were using drugs, allowing them to build up debts and then forcing them to sell drugs to pay their debts off.”
Duffin’s father Brian, 66, was sentenced to six years.
The Duffins, Robinson and Whittle all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supplying Class A and B drugs.
Hewitt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supplying Class B drugs.
