Five members of a drug gang dubbed “Two-Hour Tony” were snared after police uncovered a packing den in Runcorn.
Chester Crown Court heard how the organised crime group (OCG) was busted when police raided a flat on Waterbridge Mews in Castlefields on November 23 last year. Inside the Two-Hour Tony crew's “hub”, officers seized mixing agents plus 88.7 grams of crack and heroin, estimated to have a potential value of between £4,980 and £9,680.
Michael Crothers, 25, of Heathgate Avenue, Speke, and Michael Bethell, 30, of Elstead Road, Walton were arrested at the scene. A table in the flat was “clearly” being used for drugs to be “adulterated and refilled in the packages” for onward distribution.
