Gang members jailed for drug offences face being evicted from their council homes upon release from prison.

A total of 16 people, 12 of whom were from Wandsworth, were sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on September 16 for their involvement in a drugs network linked to the Roehampton estate.

Fourteen gang members were given jail terms for their involvement, with nine of those living in Wandsworth Council housing when they committed the offences.

The council said it would investigate steps to ensure they do not return to their homes when released.

Councillor Paul Ellis, housing spokesman, said: "These people have committed very serious offences and brought misery and criminality to their neighbourhoods. We will now be looking at what we can do to prevent them doing anything similar in future.

"We will be exploring the potential legal action we may be able to take to ensure that when they are released from prison they are not able to come back and live in council-owned accommodation anywhere in Wandsworth.

"By choosing to deal drugs in the area they have put at risk any rights they may have had to live in one of the borough’s council-owned properties.

"We will be doing all we can to prevent these criminals from living on our estates again. This is precisely what our tenants and leaseholders would expect from us."

The police investigation, Operation Noome, cracked down on gangs and drug supply in Wandsworth and was carried out by a Trident Central Gangs Unit and borough police.

Officers targeted the key individuals before eventually raiding addresses in and around the Roehampton estate.

Police raids in March uncovered heroin, cannabis, paraphernalia, significant sums of money and a stun gun.

The defendants facing eviction are Mohammed Abubaker, 23, of Holmsley House in Tangley Grove, Roehampton; Anthony Duhur, 23 of Huntingfield Road, Putney; Kwesi Williams, 18, of Swanwick Close, Roehampton; Nicholas Kraszewski, 19 of Winchfield House in Highcliffe Drive, Roehampton; Islam Mahmoud, 25 of Woking Close, Putney; Ama Mohammed, 25, of Sherfield Gardens, Roehampton; Paul Nembhard, 47, of Charcot House, Highcliffe Drive, Roehampto; Oliver Easy, 22, of Chobham Gardens, Southfields, and Leoni Easy, aged 25, of Overton House in Tangley Grove, Roehampton.

Another man, Victor Brandao, 26, of Denmead House in Highcliffe Drive, Roehampton, is also likely to face legal action from the council for breaching the terms of his lease. They were jailed for offences including the supply of class A and class B drugs.