A DRUG dealer who was jailed for 20 years for his role in importing millions of pounds worth of drugs into the country is still on the run from police - more than three years after he was sentenced.
Authorities, which include the UK Border Force, intercepted a consignment that was intended for an industrial unit in Penistone on May 20, 2020.
Jonathan McAllister was given a 20-year jail sentence in his absence at Sheffield Crown Court in May 2022 after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin, conspiracy to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property, and conspiracy to contravene customs laws.( McAllister, who was on bail, failed to appear at court for sentencing which followed an investigation by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU).( The court heard McAllister played a key role in importing 90kgs of cocaine and 10kgs of heroin from the Netherlands to an industrial estate in Ecclesfield, Sheffield.
The drugs had an estimated street value at the time of £9.5million.( A further consignment of 11kgs of cocaine and 6kgs of heroin was intercepted before it arrived at an industrial estate in Penistone and was estimated in court to have a street value of more than £1.25million.
More than three years after his sentencing, McAllister is still on the run.
Police are now appealing for information to find him.
A spokesperson said: “The 32-year-old, formerly of Finkle Street Lane, Wortley, near Sheffield, is described as a white man, of slim build, 5ft 11ins tall with dark brown hair and blue eyes.( “Anyone with information which may help to locate McAllister is asked to contact us by calling 101 and quoting investigation number 679 of October 15 2025.”