Two men have been jailed for over 18 years for supply drugs worth £150,000 in South Cumbria.
Both men were convicted at Carlisle Crown Court for conspiring to supply cocaine.
- Michael Fury, 36, of Parker Street, Barrow, was sentenced to 11 years.
- Robert Collins, 38, of Dentons Green Lane, St Helens, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years.
The court heard the due were conspiring to supply £150,000-worth of the drug between July 2021 and March 2022.
The investigation into the group started when a vehicle was stopped belonging to Fury on December 16 2021. When officers searched the Audi they found a block of cocaine – valued at £12,500 – under the spare wheel.
Further investigation by south Cumbria’s Community Serious and Organised Crime unit uncovered a sophisticated operation headed by Fury, who used contacts in the Merseyside area to procure and transport bulk amounts of cocaine, which was adulterated and delivered to customers’ doorsteps in Barrow – operated by Collins.
Following the initial arrests in December 2021, further coordinated arrests took place in February, March, and July 2022 in Cumbria and Lancashire, recovering cocaine, cutting agents, and large amounts of cash.
Evidence recovered by the investigation showed messages from Fury that he was confident he would never be caught, saying he was never on the police’s list. On one occasion he said, “I am not [bothered] about any law in this land.”
After an hour’s deliberation a jury found them both guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
