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Drug dealer bags and a banknote counting machine was also found inside the flat.

Just over 4kg of cocaine was recovered from the property but packing for a further 6kg was also found.

Mr Sharp said heroin weighing 383 grams was also seized.

The total street value of drugs involved in the illegal enterprise was over £500,000.

Mangera’s home in Batley, where he lived with his family, was also searched and £2,410 in cash was seized.

The banknotes were contaminat­ed with cocaine.

Officers also found designer clothing including three pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes and other luxury items including a Montblanc watch and a Louis Vuitton bag.

Mangera and Azad, both aged 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to possess heroin.

Mangera has no previous conviction­s.

Charles Blatchford, mitigating for Mangera, said Mangera’s family were shocked and ashamed at what the defendant had done, adding: “He has fallen off the rails and has done it in a big way”.

Nick Worsley, mitigating for Azad, said his client played a lesser role in the conspiracy and there was no evidence of him living a luxury lifestyle as a result of the offending.

Mr Worsley said: “He became involved in this conduct and will clearly have to pay the penalty for it.

“He became involved in this through naivety.”

Mangera was jailed for eight years and four months.

Azad, of New North Road, Heckmondwi­ke, was jailed for six years and eight months.

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