The Manchester drug dealers jailed over huge operation that 'spanned whole of UK'
Four Greater Manchester drug dealers have been jailed over what police called a 'massive' operation that 'spanned the whole of the UK'. Mark Evans, Keith Kemp, John James Reilly and Caine Tanswell were collectively locked up for a total of 35 years and eight months.
Evans, who used the Encrochat handle 'Mangystaff', acted largely as a courier, with some involvement in supplying class B drugs, GMP said. He travelled largely to Liverpool as well as London and Oxford and was also 'particularly active' in the Cheetham Hill and Oldham areas of Greater Manchester, police said after a Manchester Crown Court sentencing hearing.
Reilly used the Encrochat handle 'Wideorchid' and largely acted alone, but had connections with the rest of the group, police said. He also sourced Class A drugs for other members of the group and acted as a middleman for various drugs and money transactions, a GMP spokesman added. Reilly, 39, of Broadoak Road, Wythenshawe, was jailed for 12 years, also for conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and money laundering. Caine Tanswell, 28, of Yew Tree Lane, Wythenshawe, got two years, eight months for conspiracy to supply Class B drugs and money laundering.
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