An East Lancashire drugs gang which raked in over £70,000 selling heroin, crack, and a variety of recreational drugs promised people they'd "make your dreams come true" as they flooded homes with illegal drugs.
Umar Hamid headed up the massive operation from his cell at HMP Liverpool, running the CCPP (cannabis, coke, powder and pills) line with an illegal mobile phone before he was released in September 2019, after which he set up the Felix line from the outside. Members had access to a BB gun and a potentially-deadly homemade explosive
According to Lancs Live, the gang sent hundreds of text messages to drug users in Hyndburn, Rossendale, and Blackburn on an almost daily basis between 2018 and 2020, offering users class A and B drugs to "make your dreams come true". Hamid exploited a vulnerable drug user, making them test the drugs before they were put up for sale, and the gang threatened an innocent man with an imitation gun when their cannabis farm was raided, smashing up his work van.
