Woman jailed after texting hundreds saying "CLEO! FIRE! ON! DEALS! ABOUT ALL DAY!!!!!!"
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman took around 6,500 calls on her dedicated drugs hotline that she named 'CLEO', police said. Sophia McAllister, from Timperley, ran the class A hotline for at least four months.
Police found that from April 2023 to August 2023, 3,500 text messages were sent and 2,300 were received. Almost 2,500 calls were made from the hotline, while 6,500 were incoming.
Messages on the 'busy' line included ones that read 'CLEO! FIRE! ON! DEALS! ABOUT ALL DAY!!!!!!'. READ MORE: Chilling footage shows killer driver filming Snapchat video moments before horror crash READ MORE: Member of alleged high-level criminal gang found with cocaine under spare wheel of Porsche, trial hears They were sent as bulk messages during a small-time window to advertise the drugs line was active, Greater Manchester Police said.
Follow-up messages saying 'yh' and 'u about' were then sent from the phone. After a covert investigation, detectives linked the line back to McAllister.
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