The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Trips to Turkey were via circuitous routes. Joseph and Gregory Mulhare ran a huge drugs operation, delivering vast shipments of cocaine and ecstacy across Liverpool, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Oxford, Weston-Super-Mare, as well as . Investigators in the UK have found a drug dealer using a piece of cheese. . Multiple arrests and drugs seizures were made during the investigation and in early February 2022. Neither Nee nor the gunman have any links with the family. Preston Crown Court (Image: Liverpool Echo) A man who allowed county lines drug dealers to use his girlfriend's house as a base in Chorley has been jailed. Nee also has previous convictions for theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and driving while disqualified. Sean Burrell (29) of Park Road, pleaded guilty to conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and to the production of cannabis and was sentenced to 13 years and six months. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Typically operating unsophisticated versions of the increasingly common County Lines model of drug dealing - where customers order through graft phone lines operated by city-based bosses who then order locally-placed street dealers to carry out sales - detectives kept uncovering new networks as they probed those they already knew of. To be more precise: Because of a photo in which the wanted person is holding a piece of the Mature Blue Stilton variety into the camera. The survey, carried out by OnePoll, found that 20 percent of . In a survey of 1,500 boys aged 13 to 19 commissioned by BTP, 19% said they or a friend had been offered work by a drug dealer. - Colby Seatherton-Hill, aged 19, originally from the Tiverton area, was given an 18-month suspended sentence. Judge Murray said OBrien operated just below Burrell in the network. "His palm and fingerprints were analysed from this picture and it was established they belonged to [him]," the officer said. Two weeks ago Ayers, a well-known hardman, was assassinated outside his daughter's home in the West Derby district of Liverpool. The dad-of-five used the EncroChat handle MrBigArms to discuss cash exchanges of up to 600,000 and was shown to source and sell multi-kilo amounts of Class A drugs - including to co-defendant Thomas OBrien. - Graham Roy Ashe, 31, of Salerno Drive in Huyton: Nine years and nine months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Carol Whitby, 35, of Bankfield Road in Widnes: Three years ,four months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Darren O'Brien, 48, of Salerno Drive in Huyton: Three years and eight months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Ian Payne, 36, of Bankfield Road in Widnes: Three years, four months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Marney Styles, 29, of Salerno Drive, Huyton: Three years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Steven James Dow, 45, of Alder Drive Widnes: 22 months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Blaine Megarry, 26, of Cassino Road, Huyton: Three years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Gary Fagin, 28, of Ladstone Towers: Six years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Michael McLelland, 29, produced from prison: Six years, 10 months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Ryan McLelland, 25, of Dewsbury Road, Anfield: Six years, four months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Sean McClune, 20, Cassino Road, Huyton: Four years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Stevie Holloway, 26, of Cronton Road, Widnes: Seven years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Stephen O'Connor, 48, of Wavertree Avenue, Widnes: 18 months for supplying heroin and crack cocaine, - Sarah Hall, 42, of Canterbury Road, Widnes: 18 months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - David Lomax, 46, of Wavell Avenue in Widnes: 27 months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - John Hargreaves, 40, produced from prison: Five years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin crack cocaine and a further 10 years and six months for aggravated burglary, - Michael Price, 29, of Bowden Road, Garston: One year, eight months for violent disorder and a further five years and eight months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Jack Storey, 24, of Priorsfield Road, Woolton: One year eight for violent disorder and a further six years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Dylan Swinnerton, 27, of June Street in Bootle: One year and eight months for violent disorder and a further eight years, 10 months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Jordan Swinnerton, 25, of June Street in Bootle: Nine years, one month for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Daniel Chadburn, 27, of no fixed address: Two years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Mark Condliffe, 30, of Croxeth Hall Lane, Liverpool: five years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Simon Jones, 23, of Martin Close, Rainhill: Three years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Joshua Quinton, 26, Captains Lane, Litherland: Eight years, six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Widnes and Exeter and a further one year and six months for burglary, - Joel Evans, 26, of Ruskin Street, Kirkdale: Eight years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Kieran McArthur, 19, of Netley Street, Kirkdale: Four years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Widnes and Exeter, - John Roberts, 62, of Bedford Road, Bootle: Two years and six months for conspiracy to supply heroin in Exeter, - Timothy Allen, 46, of Grizedale in Widnes: Five years and three months for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Widnes and Exeter, - Leanne Beneke, 28, of Arley Drive, Widnes: Two years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Richenda Kane, 44, of Gatley Drive, Maghull: Six years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, - Julie Edge, 49, of Browning Avenue, Widnes: Two years and five months for being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, - Philip Harrison, 33, Hollybank Grange, Halewood: Seven years and nine months for possession with intent to supply and conspiracy to supply both heroin and crack cocaine, - Alex Hill, 34, of Harefield Road, Speke: Seven years for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine. Facebook Watch. The survey, carried out by OnePoll, found that 20% of the boys polled knew someone who sells or transports drugs. Curtis Francis Warren [2] [3] [4] (also known as Cocky; [2] born 31 May 1963) [5] [6] is an English gangster [7] and drugs trafficker who was formerly Interpol 's Target One and was once listed on The Sunday . You can also send story ideas tonews@birkenhead.news, Subscribe to our FREE newsletter for the latest news, sport, and What's On? His messages clearly identified him as the user of the atom-hawk Encrochat handle, which showed his involvement in conspiring to supply significant amounts of cocaine, heroin and cannabis, causing misery to the people of Merseyside. The Liverpool based company, formed in 2006, introduced a more professional approach, and were happy to work closely with the police when necessary. })(); The bug picked up exchanges such as when the two brothers argued about who was the better drug dealer. Nee, who was also shot, has previously been jailed for drug offences. You were actually seeing people and culture change.". "If you saw, heard, captured or know anything, tell us directly or anonymously and we will continue to act.". "Many of those who feature in the series deeply regret their involvement in the trade and the impact it had on their own lives as well as their families and on users. Liverpool has seen a number of dangerous gangsters, primarily drug dealers who also dealt in intense violence. 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Members of the Fitzgibbon crime family, whose violent drug-dealing made them a number one target for the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca), are sent down for a total of 32 years. A notorious Liverpool drugs dealer who was supplied directly by the Kinahan cartel has failed in his bid to have a 26-year prison sentence overturned, it has emerged. Members of the Fitzgibbon crime family, whose violent drug-dealing made them a number one target for the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca), are sent down for a total of 32 years. The court heard the activity of the group involved sending parcels from Liverpool to addresses in Devon. 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Email:. is describing what led three Merseyside men to become some of the most notorious drug smugglers and dealers in the country. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. } Showers was sent to juvenile prison aged 17 in 1963 for his part in a stabbing. Kingpin Francis Fearon, 30, and three leading drug dealers jailed for 11 years; . DJ Andy Carroll (left) discusses how music and drugs intertwined. He was directly linked to 19kg of cocaine, 19kg of heroin and 18kg of cannabis that flowed through the gang. It was all part of Operation Harbinger - a complex police investigation carried out by the Serious and Organised Crime Team of Devon & Cornwall Police, into prolific street dealing of both crack cocaine and heroin. A drug dealer was tracked down after sharing a photo of Stilton cheese. 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