13 people charged in criminal conspiracy - a report from Hannay Associates

Hannay Associates (http://www.hannayassociates.org) have reported that thirteen people have been sentenced to 150 years in total, for their involvement in a drugs conspiracy believed to have been worth several million pounds. The sentence, which was handed down at the Crown Court in Liverpool, followed a nine month long investigation by a number of officers from the Regional Organised Crime Unit of the North West. The officers were tracking down the supply of Class A drugs around the areas of Cheshire, Lancashire, South Wales, Glasgow and Merseyside.

During this extensive investigation, the Crime Unit seized almost thirty kilograms of illegal substances, which in their entirety are estimated to be worth one million pounds. According to Hannay Associates, several methods of distribution were used by the criminals, which the investigating officers described as ‘elaborate’; however the standard method was for the drugs to arrive into the UK, and from here they were trafficked to Cardiff and Glasgow, using the ‘couriers’ within the criminal group.

Hannay Associates have said that forensic examination of the drugs which have been recovered has indicated that they were mixed before they were distributed. After the substances had been delivered, the cash for the transactions was collected and delivered to the suppliers. It is believed by the Crime Unit that four of those involved, named Harrison, McDonald, Swarez and Cooke were at the top of the criminal hierarchy. These four, along with another were arrested last December as part of the Crime Units co-ordinated operation.

Another two within the group had been arrested in September, after the boot of the car in which they were travelling was found to contain approximately three kilos of Class A drugs. Hannay Associates said that a warrant was later granted for a search of another member’s house in Preston. He later handed himself into the Police in Lancashire station. He was also charged with conspiracy to supply drugs, even though he initially denied the charge and claimed that he was not involved in any form of illegal activity. The remaining members of the group were arrested over the course of the next two months, and after a lengthy trial, Hannay Associates said that all were found guilty.

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