A jailed crack dealer faces serious curbs on his freedom when he is released from a lengthy prison sentence.
Anton Daniels, 37, from Sale, was handed a ten-year prison sentence in September 2020.
Now police and prosecutors have successfully applied for a Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO) which was dished out by a judge at Chester Crown Court.
It means the convicted county lines dealer, who supplied class A drugs in Macclesfield and Styal women's prison via an associate who was on remand, will be banned from having more than one mobile phone.
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The device cannot be encrypted and Daniels will also be barred from having more than £1,000 in cash.
He will be prohibited from owning or buying a safety deposit box and must inform police about where he is living, any business premises he has and whenever he uses or possesses a car.
The order will come into force the moment he is released from prison on licence and lasts for three years. He could face more jail time if he breaches the order.
Detectives promise he will be 'robustly monitored'.
Daniels, formerly of Brooklands Road in Sale, had the idea of selling to HMP Styal prisoners after his partner-in-crime in a county lines operation, Tania Dewar, was remanded in custody there in January 2020.
Dewar had been selling drugs for Daniels in Macclesfield before she was remanded on a separate drugs supply case, and phone messages revealed that after Dewar was locked up, the pair worked together to bring contraband into the women's prison, including Class A drugs.
In one message Dewar asked Daniels to send her 'pregabalin, crack, zencos, bacci, rizla, lighters and crack crack crack, SIM cards', the Court of Appeal heard in May as Daniels unsuccessfully appealed against the length of his sentence.
On another occasion Dewar mentioned 'cocaine for bank transfer', the court heard, while Daniels sent a message saying: "Tell Tanya her parcel is ready. Everything is here she asked for."
In a search of Dewar's cell at Styal, a notebook containing Daniels' name and bank details was found, the court heard. Those details had been provided to other inmates and it was clear Dewar had made or received payments while in prison.
As previously reported in the M.E.N, Daniels, then 36, threw 'several parcels' between January 16 and February 9 over the prison wall.
The conspiracy came to light on February 12, 2020, when Daniels was stopped by cops in Wilmslow.
Police searched his car and found two mobile phones and more than £400 in cash.
Daniels was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, and when officers searched his home, they found 'assets' with an estimated value of more than £100,000.
They included vehicles, cash, designer clothing and a 'high-value' watch.
They also found mobile phone messages linking Daniels and Dewar to drug dealing in both Macclesfield and Peterhead, and mobile phone data showed Daniels had visited him in prison a number of times.
Daniels was sentenced to six years after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs - namely cocaine and heroin. for his role in the county lines operation. He was given a further four years to run consecutively after admitting one count of conspiracy to convey a drugs into or out of prison.
Dewar, then 31, of Somerset Close, Macclesfield, was jailed for seven years and six months. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs; and conspiring to convey class A drugs into a prison.
She was also convicted of possession with intent to supply class A drugs - heroin and cocaine - in connection with a separate case.
Following the imposition of the SCPO on Daniels at Chester Crown Court, Detective Sergeant Angela Coppock, of Macclesfield police, said: “Daniels was an established drug dealer responsible for supplying crack cocaine and heroin into a prison and also in the Macclesfield area
"Those involved in serious and organised crime often believe upon leaving prison they can return to a criminal and lavish lifestyle.
"However, we can obtain orders like this that carry on when the prison sentence has been served.
"He will now be subjected to a Serious Crime Prevention Order that will enable him to be robustly monitored by the police to help in deterring him from falling back into organised criminality."
