The large-scale conspiracy sought to bring wholesale amounts of Class A drugs – namely cocaine and heroin – via Liverpool and onto the streets of Southampton during a 3-month period between March and May 2021.
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At a sentencing hearing at Southampton Crown Court on Thursday 27 April, the court heard how that contact between the gang members were made via messaging apps on a series of mobile devices – which were seized – with detailed analysis and surveillance evidence allowing investigating officers to draw together the whole conspiracy and identify all of those involved and the roles they each played.