Wigan county lines dealer jailed for more than two years
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Christopher Clarke sent almost 7,000 text messages to multiple people who suffer from addiction between August and November last year.
Clarke, of Neville Street, Platt Bridge, was part of an organised crime group that was running a county lines network – a term renowned for exporting illegal drugs both in Greater Manchester and across the country, often using violence and coercion towards vulnerable people and children along the way.
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Hide AdThe 35-year-old’s criminal activity was uncovered during an investigation by Greater Manchester Police’s County Lines Team.
On a daily basis vulnerable people received messages such as "trigazon prime deliveries on time” and “on ‘til late get on me”.
However, the messages came to an end on November 1 when a warrant was executed at his property and officers seized the phone found hidden underneath his bed along with £600 in cash.
Clarke was found on the landing after officers burst through the door, and he was swiftly arrested.
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Hide AdA search of a vehicle located a few streets away uncovered cocaine prepared for individual deals.
At an earlier hearing he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court to 31 months in prison.
Det Sgt Chris Woodburn, from the County Lines Team, said: “Once again we have removed the controller of the phone that was crucial in reaching vulnerable people who the county line networks use to make illegal profits.