A Scot has been jailed after being convicted as part of an international drugs gang which imported £1 million worth of cocaine and cannabis into the country.
Glaswegian William Brown, 31, Lee Moore, 48, Charles Dodkins, 29, Daniel Snowdon, 42, appeared at Teesside Crown Court near Stoke, charged with drugs and weapons offences.Officers arrested Snowdon, Moore and Dodkins on August 9, 2021, after raiding Dodkins' home on Staithes Road in Redcar.
The court heard that investigators found £12,300 of cocaine hidden in a cooker hood, £18,000 cash stuffed inside a zip-lock bag, cannabis, and a notebook detailing £1 million of drug transactions with names and numbers.Teesside Live reports that searches revealed a deactivated handgun, a replica handgun, 2 self-loading semi-automatic pistols with a silencer and live and blank ammunition which was found in a neighbour's garden.
Text message between the three men and William Brown - who boasted that he could get hold of huge quantities of drugs from Glasgow and Manchester - revealed they were running an international drugs operation.Prosecutor Anthony Pettengell read the messages to the court, detailing conversations between Moore and Snowdon asking him to supply a gun and body armour.
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