Detective Inspector Roger Smethurst said: "The sentencings come as a result of months of hard work by detectives who launched an investigation as part of GMP's continued crackdown on drug supply in the region which blights our local communities.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/drugs-gang-caught-one-cctv-27006419

One senior judge said the delaying of sentencings is supposed to be "short-term" but that judges are unsure "what that means".

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1822954/uk-prisons-overcrowding-solution