A gang who plotted to smuggle £4.5million of Class A drugs between Merseyside and Hampshire were caught out by their mobile phones.
William Marsh, of Rock Lane, Melling, was the ringleader of the crime ring, who arranged to flood the streets of Southampton with wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine - via Liverpool - between March and May 2021.
The 36-year-old appeared before Southampton Crown Court on Thursday 27 April along with the rest of the gang, who were jailed for a combined total of more than 50 years. The court heard how the gang members kept in contact via messaging apps on a series of mobile devices which were seized by police.
