A Liverpool drug dealer who controlled a supply chain known as the 'Scouse line' flooded Kent with Class A drugs.
Josh Harkins' county line sent heroin and crack cocaine into Thanet, Kent. Based in Liverpool, Harkins' network was enabled by accomplices and runners in Kent.
The criminal operation was dismantled following a Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate investigation, which found that, between June 2019 and May 2020, Harkins used dedicated phone lines to advertise drugs to local users, by sending out bulk marketing text messages.
