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Drug dealers' empire rumbled after secret tiny prison phone uncovered
22.02.2023 - 21:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A huge drug dealing operation was rumbled after a secret tiny phone was recovered from the leader’s prison cell. Ashley Blackett, 35, was serving time in custody when prison officers raided his cell and found bags of heroin along with the small Zanco phone.
Homes of others involved, including Blackett’s then girlfriend, Jamey-Leigh Brook-Parkinson, were searched prior to the raid on his cell, during which phones, drugs and cash were found.
Analysis of her phone showed that she was in constant contact with Blackett whilst he was in prison. He instructed her on how to run the business whilst he was inside, advised what drug equipment to get and informed her how much cash to pay into his bank account.
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She went onto establish a new cocaine supply business for when he was released. In one exchange of messages they spoke about ‘building our empire’, to which she replied they would ‘smash it’.
Other members of the operation, including Blackett’s brother Wesley Blackett, and his right-hand man Christopher Taylor, were investigated and found to be supplying cocaine and heroin on behalf of Blackett.
He’s now been jailed for 12-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs and possession of a mobile phone in prison.
Prosecuting, Henry Blackshaw told Manchester Crown Court: “Ashley Blackett ran a rather substantial drug dealing business from inside prison dealing prominently in class A drugs, namely cocaine and heroin, as well as cannabis.
“He had been at liberty from serving a sentence for possession of a firearm and he had been recalled. When he was in custody he was running
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