# ‘Shane Line’ dealers caught red-handed by covert police selling Class A drugs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/shane-line-dealers-caught-red-handed-by-covert-police-selling-class-a-drugs/
- Published: 2026-11-11T20:05:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T00:41:56+00:00
- Original publisher: YorkshireLive Sheffield
- Original article: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/shane-line-dealers-caught-red-34898993
- Topics: Health, Medicine, Sheffield

## Key points

- Three men were jailed for supplying drugs through Barnsley’s Shane Line.
- Police linked a recovered phone to the operation.
- Their combined sentences total 10 years and four months.

## Summary

Three men were jailed for supplying heroin and cocaine through Barnsley’s “Shane Line”, a mobile phone line used to sell Class A drugs. Covert police officers observed the deals between May and July 2025, and the case forms part of ongoing efforts to tackle drug supply in the area.

At Sheffield Crown Court, Josh Young, Dean Arnold and Jack Thomas received a combined sentence of 10 years and four months. Police recovered cocaine, heroin and three phones; analysis found the Shane Line SIM card in one of them. Young was jailed for four years and four months, Arnold for three years and four months, and Thomas for two years and eight months.

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