Five members of a drugs gang dubbed 'Two-Hour Tony' have been jailed after police uncovered the den where they packed up heroin and crack ready for sale. Chester Crown Court heard how the organised crime group (OCG) was busted when police raided a flat on Runcorn on November 23 last year, the Echo reports.
Inside officers discovered 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. That same day police stopped a car driven by Alan Brewer, 41, of Colworth Road, Speke, alongside Liam Malvern, 21, of Townsend Lane, Tuebrook, that officers had seen arriving at the block.
