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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Oliver Clay

Messages on dealer's phone 'made it pretty clear' to police what he had been up to

A man's phone "made it pretty clear" to police that he was working as a street drug dealer..

Jack Barr, who was part of the Tommy Line drug crew, was caught with 65 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine. The 22-year-old of Wheatear Close, Liverpool, appeared for sentence at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday having pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, acquiring criminal property namely cash, and simple possession of Class B cannabis.

Christopher Hopkins, prosecuting, told how police officers were on plain clothes duty in Widnes when they spotted Barr appear to take part in a drug deal with a user.

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