A drug dealer involved in importing cocaine from Colombia as part of an international crime network has been locked up. Ian Cary, 49, was part of a gang which sourced the class As from the south American country, which has a notorious reputation for drugs cartels.
The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit said Cary was part of a plot to import drugs into the UK from Columbia via the postal service and UK ports. He has been jailed for almost a decade after his crimes were uncovered following the hacking of the EncroChat network, known as 'WhatsApp for criminals'.
Cary, from Blackley, was known on the shadowy platform by the handle 'Where are you'. He was jailed alongside another man, Matthew Record, 39, from Liverpool, who used the handle 'Ripesun' to contact other criminals to buy kilos of cocaine for cash.
