Salford gang jailed for conspiracy to flood streets with half a million pounds of cocaine

Four men who conspired to flood the streets with over half a million pounds of cocaine have been jailed.
Terence Harrison (08/03/57), of Windy Arbour Rd, Whiston, Merseyside, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years, Bernard Cleary (03/01/1972), of Norbury Grove, Swinton, Salford , was jailed for six years, Thomas Jeffrey (31/07/1986), of Bolton Rd, Pendleton, Salford, was jailed for five years and Mark Ward (07/02/1965), of Fairhurst Drive, Worsley, was jailed for four years at Minshull Street Crown Court.

At around 4.30pm on Tuesday 11 August 2015, Thomas Kavanagh (29/03/58), of Milner St, Swinton, Salford, who was previously sentenced to four years eight month in 2015, visited the home of Harrison on Windy Arbour Road, Prescott, Liverpool, carrying a rucksack.

Kavanagh, who was being driven in an X-type Jaguar by Ward, emerged a short while later still carrying the bag.

Shortly after 5pm, officers saw the car pull on to a footpath on Chorley Road, Swinton. Kavanagh got out and walked down an alleyway followed by police.

When he realised he was being followed he ran off towards New Cross Street before throwing the bag into some dense undergrowth.

Kavanagh was arrested for Conspiracy to Supply a Controlled Drug soon after and the rucksack contained two kilos of cocaine with a combined street value of almost £560,000

Ward was also arrested for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs and found in possession of four mobile phones.

Analysis of the phones showed that while Cleary was in Tenerife on holiday with his family he made numerous calls to Jeffrey and following Kavanagh’s arrest, there was a flurry of calls between the pair.

Sergeant Ryan Grumbridge said: “We will relentlessly pursue and dismantle organised crime groups. These crime groups make vast sums of money dealing Class A drugs and the knock-on effect causes misery in our communities.

“This is a fight that we cannot do alone and I would like to thank the public for their continued support of our on-going disruption work being done to help keep our communities safe.

“If you suspect somebody is dealing drugs in your community, I would urge you to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.”

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