Four-million-pound drug dealing duo jailed

Two men involved in an organised crime group who used the online instant messaging service ‘Encrochat’ to distribute an estimated 4.1 million pounds worth of cocaine into Hull and the surrounding areas have been locked up for nineteen and a half years.

Richard Batty, 38, of Church Lane, Withernwick, East Yorkshire, and Robert Gervis, 59, of Hadfield Street, Northwich, Cheshire, both pleaded guilty at an earlier court hearing to conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs, namely cocaine, between April and August 2020.