A top police officer has vowed to crackdown on organised crime after the downfall of a county lines drug ring nicknamed 'the Jimmy Line' involving the self-declared 'Latvian Pablo Escobar'.
The Skelmersdale based organisation were placed under surveillance after growing concerns over rival gangs openly selling drugs and sometimes engaging in violent clashes in Lincoln city centre. The investigation built a picture of an organised network selling heroin and crack-cocaine across Lancashire and Lincoln between September, 2020, and May, 2021.
Ryan Williams, 33, of Digmoor, coordinated the supply of drugs from his seven-bedroom house while Roberts Sokolovs, 22, of Ennerdale, bragged about his exploits by referring to himself as the "Latvian Pablo Escobar", in reference to the dead Colombian drug lord.
