A dealer has been jailed after officers found drugs with a street value of up to £110,000 in a Kirkdale house.
Thomas Crawford's part in the County Lines drugs operation to supply cocaine and ketamine was busted when police made the discovery. The 28-year-old, of Keithley Walk, Speke, also pleaded guilty to being in possession of criminal property.
Merseyside police officers, working on Project Medusa, carried out the warrant on July 18, and found drugs with a street value of up to £110,000 were seized along with more than £8,000 cash.
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Project Medusa is a Merseyside-led initiative set up to tackle County Lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation, which has seen more than 1,300 people arrested and £1.4m cash seized. Crawford was jailed for six years at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, Tuesday August 16.
Detective Inspector Gary Stratton said: "We welcome this sentencing where Crawford is now behind bars and has time to reflect on his criminal activity. We have disrupted a chain of supply and taken a significant quantity of drugs off the streets and further afield, preventing them from damaging communities.
"Organised crime is hugely damaging to our communities, often involving intimidation, violence and creating fear and it is these criminals who run County Lines. Criminals involved in organised crime have no thought for anyone other than themselves, and their criminal intent and greed.
"Project Medusa is dedicated to cutting these County Lines dead and taking those who operate them off our streets and working with partners to help those who may be exploited by these gangs."
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