FOUR Gwent men were jailed for more than 22 years for their roles in a drugs trade running between Wales and Reading.

Dominic Isaacs, 21, Nicholas Somers, 23, Tobias Mills, 22, and Bradleigh Scawthorn, 21, were locked up for a total of 22-and-a-half years for their parts in heroin supply.

Isaacs and Scawthorn pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin while Mills and Somers were convicted of the charge following a six-week trial.

Isaacs, of Aberthaw Drive, Newport, was judged to be the most important player in the Welsh contingent and received a nine year prison sentence.

Somers, of Mitchell Terrace, Pontnewynydd, got five-and-a-half years and Mills, of Jamaica Circle, Newport was given a two-and-a-half years.

Scawthorn, of Fairoak Avenue, Newport, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years for this offence and a further three years and four months, to run consecutively, for a further offence of possessing heroin with intent to supply, to which he previously pleaded guilty.

The four men were jailed at Reading Crown Court, along with two Reading men.

Tajudeen Anjorin, 36, of Helston Gardens, Whitley, branded the "lead figure" by judge Richard Parkes, was jailed for 11 years.

Damien Cadogan, aged 28, of Anson Crescent, Whitley, was sentenced to five years jail and a further five years, to run consecutively, for possession of a firearm.

On February 17, 2011, police stopped Somers, Mills and Scawthorn in a car at Membury Services on the M4. Officers found half a kilogram of heroin in the car.

The four men had driven from Newport to collect it from the home of Cadogan, where it was being stored. A handgun was later found by police in Cadogan’s garden.

The drugs consisted of a wholesale package worth about £10,000 at that stage of the supply chain but could have been broken down into street deals worth up to £75,000.