Officers tracked them for a number of months
Three men who conspired to bring tens-of-thousands-of-pounds worth of cocaine into Nottinghamshire have been jailed after police officers read encrypted messages between them and their suppliers.
Officers arrested the two after they found a supermarket bag containing nearly a kilogram of cocaine. Jerome O’Connor was detained several months later after going into hiding and denied knowing either of the other two men. Nottinghamshire Police also linked him to unusually brief trips to locations in Gloucestershire and Sheffield. It was found that O’Connor had also sought to launder tens of thousands of pounds of criminal cash through his own bank accounts.
The three appeared at Leicester Crown Court on April 27 and were jailed for 14 years and three months; six years and a three years and nine months respectively. “They were exposed by a long and complex police investigation involving dozens of officers and staff and I would like to thank each of them for their hard work and professionalism.
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