A member of an organised crime gang has been jailed for 11 years after being found with £180,000 of high purity cocaine hidden behind a secret trap door in his van. Paul Marrow was part of plot aimed at flooding the streets of Tyneside with cocaine and amphetamine.
The gang used a van with a secret trap door and encrypted phones to ship the drugs to the North East from Liverpool, ChronicleLive reports. Last month, head honcho John Allock was locked up for 21 years and five others got sentences ranging from a year to 13 years.
Nowl Marrow, 62, of Rainford Road, Dentons Green, Merseyside, who admitted Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs, has been jailed for 11 years for his role as a courier. Newcastle Crown Court heard that police stopped Marrow's van on the A1 in Durham September 15, 2017.
