Two gangsters caught dealing drugs in the prison parking lot while holding their baby

Two gangsters were caught on camera completing a drug deal in a prison parking lot while holding a child.

Natalie Wrafter, 31, and Shazia Din, 42, were filmed trading cash for drugs as part of a massive heroin and cocaine trafficking operation that saw them and 15 others caged for a total of 140 years.

The couple had just visited Natalie’s father, Peter, in prison, where he was serving a 12-year sentence after a revolver, ammunition and a kilo of heroin were found in a van parked in front of their home.

With Peter in prison, Natalie took her place at the helm of the drug ring she had started with Din, the matriarch of a Bury crime family.

In the clip, Natalie passes bundles of cash to Din, which is placed in a bag in the trunk of her Mercedes, outside of HMP Doncaster.

After the money was delivered, James Dickson traveled from Doncaster to Manchester to finalize the trade agreement reached by Natalie Wrafter and Din and collected a one-kilo block of Class A drugs.

The Bury family set up a beauty business, known as ‘The Beauty Booth’, as a front to launder dirty money made for huge profits, police say.

Din, from Bury, is now serving a 15-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, and MDMA of class A drugs.

She was also convicted of conspiracy to supply cannabis, a class B drug, and conspiracy to convert and transfer criminal property.

Wrafter, of Doncaster, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin and conspiracy to supply amphetamine, a class B drug.

She was imprisoned for 11 years and three months after also admitting to conspiracy to convert and transfer criminal property.

Dickson, 61, of Doncaster, was caged for four years and six months after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.

Another member of the drug ring was caught after a police chase, also captured on film.

Graham Towriss, whose role was a courier, was stopped on the northbound A1 in Doncaster by traffic officers after providing Mark Bird with a kilo of class in a gym parking lot.

A few weeks later Towriss, 28, was arrested in Doncaster after a police chase during which he threw a kilo of cocaine from his vehicle.

It was discovered that he was in possession of an encrypted telephone and was working for the Din family; he had previously been seen by undercover officers meeting Hassan Din in the Rochdale area.

He was the son of Shazia Din, who played a key role in the drug operation, along with his sister, Abia.

Towriss of Heywood was caged for six years after being convicted in September of possession of cocaine, heroin and cannabis with intent to supply, driving when out of shape due to drinking or drugs and dangerous driving.

Bird, 33, of Doncaster, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin and jailed for seven years.

Hassan Din, from Bury, was jailed for 14 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

He was also convicted by a conspiracy jury to supply cocaine, heroin, and MDMA, which is more commonly known as ecstasy.

A third of the footage captured David Wright traveling from Rochdale to a Doncaster housing estate with a block of high-purity cocaine in the passenger footwell of his vehicle.

Melvyn Sheldon was filmed fleeing the vehicle before being captured by police officers.

Wright was found in possession of an encrypted phone and had previously transported £ 170,000 in criminal cash for the Din family.

The cocaine was recovered and had a wholesale value of £ 50,000 due to its purity.

Wright, 54, of Heywood, pleaded guilty to cocaine and heroin trafficking and conspiracy to convert and transfer criminal property and was jailed for four years.

Sheldon, 40, of Doncaster, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to supply cocaine and beatings and jailed for six years.

More than 60 kilos of Class A drugs, including £ 3 million worth of heroin and cocaine, £ 300,000 in cash, a hydraulic press, drug paraphernalia, a pistol and ammunition were seized after Operation Heart conducted by GMP and the South Yorkshire Police.

Detective Inspector Lee Griffin of GMP’s Serious and Organized Crime Group said: “During the operation we vetted this group intensively as we uncovered their illicit activities across the country, allowing us to gather evidence and unravel the conspiracy.

“It is thanks to the hard work of all the officers in this case from the Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire Police that a group of criminals using sophisticated methods has been prevented from invading our streets with large amounts of drugs.

“This operation predates recent advances in breaking encrypted criminal communication and required a significant amount of time, effort and skill from those charged with addressing the criminal group.

“We have disrupted drug supplies and cash payments between the regions not just Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire, but across the UK.

“Drugs ruin lives, destroy relationships, and ruin our communities; It was also clear that in this case vulnerable people were exploited to promote illegal drug trafficking.

“Those responsible for supplying illegal drugs to vulnerable people do not deserve a place in our society, and our community is a safer place with them behind bars.

“I hope this ruling sends a clear message that GMP will work with our colleagues across the UK to relentlessly go after people who supply harmful drugs and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice.”

In total 19 people were convicted.

Those sentenced were:

Shazia Din, 42, of Bury, was imprisoned for 15 years.

Abia Din, 45, of Bury, imprisoned for 18 years.

Hassan Din, 21, of Bury, was jailed for 14 years.

Natalie Wrafter, of Doncaster, was jailed for 11 years and three months.

Adam Hopewell, 32, of Rossington, was jailed for nine years and six months.

Lee Davis, 37, of Prestwich, was jailed for nine years.

Mark Bird, 33, of Doncaster, was jailed for seven years.

David Wright, 54, of Heywood, was jailed for four years.

Melvyn Sheldon, 40, of Doncaster, was jailed for six years.

Lewis Yates, 32, of Wythenshawe, was sentenced to 12 months in prison with 18-month suspension and placed on an electronically controlled curfew.

Rachel Turpin, 39, of New Rossington, was sentenced to two years in prison with a 2-year suspension, subjected to an electronically controlled curfew and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Jonathon Ramsbottom, 37, of Maesteg, South Wales, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

James Dickson, 61, of Doncaster, was jailed for four years and six months.

Rocky Smith, 31, of Eggborough, Goole, was jailed for five and a half years.

Last year Peter Wrafter of Doncaster was jailed for 12 years.

Alan Forster, 42, of Doncaster, was jailed for possession for three years and six months.

Lewis Darcy, 22, of New Rossington, was jailed for five years.

Arjan Bedesha, from County Durham, was imprisoned for three years and four months.

Graham Towriss, 28, of Heywood, for possession of cocaine was jailed for six years.

A Crime Assets Act hearing was set for June 7-8, 2021.