Jamie Walsh, who fled to Spain after his arrest, has been jailed
A drug dealer organised a sophisticated network of cocaine and cannabis distribution across the country under the guise of a dog-breeder, a court heard.
The court heard National Crime Agency officers started targeting Walsh's organisation in July, 2017, as part of an investigation codenamed Operation Sultane. Stephen McNally, prosecuting, told the court on Wednesday that Walsh had been proven to have supplied 96kg of cannabis and 3.75kg of cocaine between July 2017 and his arrest in March 2018.
The operation to tackle Walsh took place before the EncroChat network was hacked by the French authorities in 2020, and detectives were unable to access any messages on his encrypted phone. The court heard official 'release from custody' papers were later found at Walsh's address by police. Mr McNally told the court: "The prosecution note that it is not uncommon for couriers who 'lose' drugs to have to prove to those higher in the hierarchy that they have been seized by police."
Their final meetings took place when Lee stayed at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool city centre, on February 28, where Walsh paid him a visit. Then on the morning of March 1, the pair boarded a train at Liverpool Lime Street station intending to travel to Cornwall.
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