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This evening (Thursday 18 April) detectives from the NWROCU have charged a further three people in connection with Operation Falcon - an investigation into a large scale drugs conspiracy.
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Three men from Manchester and Liverpool have been jailed at Manchester Crown Court for over 36 years after their drugs and firearms deals were uncovered by NWROCU detectives when the encrypted communications platform ‘EncroChat’ was taken down by international law enforcement in 2020.
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Today (Thursday 4 April) at Liverpool Crown Court, a man from Great Crosby has been jailed for 10 years for supplying multi kilos of Class A and B drugs.
Following a joint investigation by the NWROCU's Prison Anti-Corruption Unit, His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service's Counter Corruption Unit, and HMP Buckley Hall, a prison officer was jailed for 2 years and 8 months at Bolton Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, March 27, 2024). An operational support officer was also given a 1 year suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 200 hour of unpaid work.
Four members of an organised crime group, responsible for moving multiple kilos of cocaine, heroin, and Ketamine have been sentenced following an investigation by officers from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
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NWROCU Detectives have charged two men this week with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, as part of Operation Falcon.
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A man from Wigan has been jailed today (Friday 22 March) for 20 years for his involvement in a plot to supply Class A and B drugs across the UK.
A gang involved in the importation of over two tonnes of Class A drugs with an estimated street value of more £250 million pounds have been jailed today (Thursday 21 March) following an investigation by detectives at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Two men have been jailed today (Tuesday 19 March) at Manchester Crown Court as part of a NWROCU investigation into a county line running between Manchester and Whitby.
Nine members of organised crime groups in Cheshire, Cumbria, and Manchester have been jailed for more than 100 years for drug supply offences.