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First Dates star jailed for 6 years for part in £1.5million heroin ring
A FIRST Dates lothario has been jailed for his part in a £1.5million heroin ring.
Joey Shaw, 28, provided one of the show’s most memorable moments by revealing he had already met his blind date on the train — and they had spent the night together.
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But the used car salesman is unlikely to be enjoying romantic evenings out for a while as he begins a six-and-a-half-year stretch.
He and brother, Daniel, 24, who got ten and a half years, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.
They were arrested when police acting on a tip-off raided a string of addresses they used and seized 31kg of heroin and £100,000 in cash, Bradford crown court heard.
Joey was on the Channel 4 reality show, fronted by French star Fred Siriex, in 2017 with pink-haired date Jodie, then 23.
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In one scene, he calls a friend from the restaurant loo to brag of the night before in a clip viewed over two million times on YouTube.
They agreed to carry on dating at the end.
A pal said: “He seemed like a normal guy working as a car dealer. There was no indication he was involved in drugs.”
Police in Bradford called the brother’s jail terms “a fantastic result”.
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