Two men from Barrow are the latest to have been jailed for their role in supplying drugs in Barrow.
An investigation, Operation Filler, was set up in September 2022 in response to intelligence surrounding cocaine supply in the Barrow area.
On September 16 2022, a raid of a flat on the town’s Longway found 1kg of cocaine packaged into 12 ‘sub-deals’ and 1.5kg of cannabis.
The original wrappings for the cocaine block were found to contain a fingerprints belonging to Paul Maggs, while Ross Goodwin’s fingerprints were located on the plastic packaging of the 12 cocaine sub-deals.
In November 2022 a second raid was carried out at a house on Westway, Barrow.
Cocaine along with empty snap-lock bags, cash, and scales were seized.
In July 2023 a third raid at a house on Longway found over £16,000 in cash, cannabis, cocaine, THC sweets, scales, and packaging.
Ross Goodwin, 30, was arrested. Messages were recovered from Goodwin’s mobile phone showing Maggs directing customers to Goodwin to be supplied with drugs.
Goodwin was sentenced to seven years six months in prison.
In May this year, officers attended at the home address of Maggs, 31, and arrested him for drugs offences.
Cumbria police said it was the culmination of the investigation Operation Nighthawk.
Detectives worked closely with colleagues from Merseyside Police to target Maggs and his ongoing drugs enterprise, despite the fact he was on court bail for his role in a separate county drugs line operation.
Today, Maggs, of Roose Road, Barrow, was jailed for five years.
Two men have previously been convicted for their role in the conspiracy.
A spokesman from Westmorland and Furness’ CSOC unit said: “Paul Maggs ran a prolific drug supply business in Barrow over a number of years, trafficking kilogram quantities of cocaine and cannabis and significantly degrading the quality of life in our communities.
“The sentencing of this crime group should demonstrate we will bring all our investigative capability to bear against those who traffic drugs in Cumbria and their upstream suppliers.
“We are currently pursuing asset recovery to ensure the profits of Maggs’ and associates’ criminality is taken off them and reinvested into the community.”
