Dealer locked up over Colombia to Manchester cocaine ring while others go 'scot free and spending the money'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA drug dealer involved in importing cocaine from Colombia as part of an international crime network has been locked up. Ian Cary, 49, was part of a gang which sourced the class As from the south American country, which has a notorious reputation for drugs cartels.
The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit said Cary was part of a plot to import drugs into the UK from Columbia via the postal service and UK ports.
He has been jailed for almost a decade after his crimes were uncovered following the hacking of the EncroChat network, known as 'WhatsApp for criminals'.
Cary, from Blackley, was known on the shadowy platform by the handle 'Where are you'. He was jailed alongside another man, Matthew Record, 39, from Liverpool, who used the handle 'Ripesun' to contact other criminals to buy kilos of cocaine for cash. READ MORE : Father 'disgusted' at former soldier, 38, who lured his son, 12, back to his home for booze "This case involves the serious commercial trade of class A controlled drugs between March and June 2020," Judge Alan Conrad QC said. "You Ian Cary were also involved in the importation of cocaine. "The investigation showed you had both used encrypted telephones to carry out your parts in these offences, communicating in explicit terms about your offending, no doubt in the belief that you were safe from detection." He said both men had been in direct contact with another alleged EncroChat user higher up the chain, who has not been apprehended.
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