Gary Knox, from Bolton, has been jailed for 11 years and three months following an investigation which saw more than £14,000, four-and-a-half kilos of heroin and bags of cocaine seized.
While his accomplice Mohammed Zubair, 31, was jailed for nine for being found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
When they swooped on Knox's Evoque Range Rover - registration 'KN07 OXY' - they discovered bundles of cash totalling £14,500.
Knox, 42, of Jessop Forge, Bolton, was the leader of drug ring supplying heroin and cocaine throughout Greater Manchester. He admitted supplying class A substances.
Four other members of the gang were also sentenced. Mohammed Zubair, 31, of Castle Street, Bolton, was jailed for nine years after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. The court heard how Knox and Zubair ran a drugs ring, supplying thousands of pounds work of heroin and cocaine to a ring of dealers across the region.
A lengthy police investigation, involving overt and covert officers finally led to their arrests.
Knox was seen driving his Range Rover around Bolton on a number of occasions and was seen meeting with two others: Nadeen Ashiq and Nelso Neish and dropping off carrier bags filled with drugs for them to sell. Zubair acted as a go-between for Knox, ensuring those buying drugs from him knew how and where to meet him.
Female accomplice Gemma Grundy stored drugs at her home address for Knox's in an attempt to keep his illicit business under wraps.
Detective superintendent Jon Chadwick from GMP's Serious and Organised Crime Group said:
'These jail terms come after a lengthy police investigation and mean we have successfully removed drugs, and some of the people who deal them, from our streets.
'Throughout the investigation officers confiscated a total of four-and-a-half kilos of heroin, agents that would be mixed with this drug, smaller quantities of cocaine and over £14,000 in cash from the group.
'These drugs destroy lives, they break up families and they terrorise communities. Those who supply drugs do so purely for their own greed. They have no thought for the people whose lives are affected. 'Knox and other members of this drug dealing ring will now spend years in prison where they can contemplate the lives they have ruined.'
Ashiq, 39, of Rhodes Court, Rochdale, was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
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