Four drug dealers who set up their own Liverpool courier service and used one of their own gang member's houses to flood a town with cocaine have been busted by police.
And today Wesley Williamson, Robert Musson, John Large and Uktu Tig are behind bars after being jailed for almost 34 years between them after their drugs venture came crashing down after a four month covert police operation.
Between June and October 2018 the men are believed to have supplied up to 20kg of cocaine picked up from Liverpool to Warrington on a regular basis.
Cheshire Police today revealed Williamson used his own Warrington home as a safe house and the gang also used an address on Biggin Court to store and package the drugs. Detectives recovered large amounts of cocaine, cutting equipment and encrypted mobile phones used as part of their criminal business.
Police said all of the men "had significant roles within the organised crime group" where they would source, store and supply the cocaine to other criminal networks.
Cheshire Police said Tig was seen as a trusted courier who on a number of occasions travelled to Liverpool to collect cocaine and then deliver it to the safe houses in Warrington.
All four men were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday after earlier pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Their drug conspiracy was uncovered by Cheshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime unit (SOCU).
Large, aged 32, of Fairbrother Crescent in Warrington was jailed for eight years and nine months.
Williamson, 32, of Grasmere Avenue, Warrington was sentenced to nine years.
Tig, aged 32, of Lilac Crescent in Runcorn was jailed for six years and nine months.
And 34-year-old Musson, of Bernard Avenue in Appleton, was jailed for nine years.
Detective Chief Inspector Mike Evans, of the Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “These men were well-known in Warrington predominantly for their involvement in the wholesale supply of cocaine. They each played a pivotal role in controlling the drug market and reaped the rewards by gaining substantial profits.
“The cocaine business can appear lucrative, however the downfall is far greater. We are determined to relentlessly pursue and disrupt those who think there is a place for organised crime in Cheshire.”
