A DRUG dealer has been convicted of leading a conspiracy to flood the streets of Hull with tens of thousands of pounds of the heroin.
Edward Badago, 35, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply the drug after a trial lasting more than two weeks.
His wife Lisa, 23, who gave evidence in her own defence claiming she was "shocked" by the accusations against her husband, was found guilty of money laundering around £26,000 in drug money.
Jolene Thompson-Carney, 31, was also convicted by the jury of conspiracy to supply heroin. Co-accused Adrian "Ado" Owen, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply the Class A drug on the ninth day of the trial.
At Hull Crown Court, Badago claimed he was a secret heroin addict who bought and sold cars to feed his habit but denied being the ringleader of the major drug dealing network.
Instead, he claimed he was only a money counter, paid £500 a week to mind thousands of pounds of cash for an unnamed Mr Big.
However, the jury saw through his lies and he now faces a "substantial" jail term.
Badago was arrested when officers raided his caravan in High Farm Country Park, Routh, and found £68,000 cash hidden in River Island bags, a JD Sports bag and stuffed under a mattress.
