Judge jails drugs gang for 18 years

Last updated at 13:25, Tuesday, 06 March 2012

FOUR men who transported drugs into South Cumbria from Merseyside have been jailed for a total of 18-and-a-half years.

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Preston Crown Court yesterday heard how Liverpool dealers Nicholas Flaherty and Kurtis Carney used a Furness address as a safe house for their drugs operation so they could more easily blend in with the local community.

One of them used taxis to run around the streets and make deliveries.

A dirty phone enabling contact between addicts and dealers was used by 36 Barrow addicts requesting a drugs sale.

The pipeline of drugs to Barrow was serviced every four to five days during the period the conspiracy ran.

Andrew Millington and Daniel Barclay, both of Barrow, were also convicted for their involvement in the drugs ring.

The court was told that when an address in Lindal Street was searched, police discovered a machete under the doormat, a bag of knives in a kitchen cupboard and a shotgun cartridge on a kitchen worktop.

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Judge jails drugs gang for 18 years