Taxi driver and postman's involvement in major heroin and cocaine ring exposed

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A well-respected taxi driver and postman has been exposed as being part of a major heroin and cocaine ring.Kevin Rimmer has been revealed as a courier for the operation, which involved the trafficking of hundreds of kilograms of class A drugs worth millions of pounds.

The 57-year-old, from Blacklow in Huyton, was a taxi driver who completed deliveries for the NHS at the height of the Covid pandemic.However, he used these trips as cover for transporting drugs and cash in case he was stopped by the police amid lockdown restrictions.

Alex Leach KC, prosecuting, described how he was also responsible for storing heroin and cocaine and "handled large quantities of cash” - up to £100,000 worth - and “was responsible for monitoring stock levels".The dad-of-four was admitted two counts of conspiracy to supply heroin and conspiracy to supply cocaine, as well as possession of heroin in relation to a small quantity of the class A drug which was seized upon his arrest.

During sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court, family members in the public gallery cried and said "oh my god" as he was jailed for 16 years.As reported in the Liverpool Echo.