Lee Standen, 42, was the final member of a Wigan drugs gang to be jailed for his part in a drugs conspiracy
A violent 'high-ranking' drug dealer has been jailed for 19 years after being caught uploading a picture of himself on to Encrochat .
At a trial at Manchester Crown Court, jurors heard that Wigan had a drug problem, particularly cocaine, during 2020. Prosecutors said that a conspiracy involving a number of men saw the supply of ‘tens of kilograms’ of cocaine throughout the area. Standen had a conviction in 2008 for supplying cocaine in Liverpool, for which he was jailed for five years.
"As soon as he had been given that piece of paper, AleZebra was to send pictures of that piece of paper to other people and tell them about that piece of paper. He was talking about something that had just happened,” Mr Barnes said. “There was some cocaine in his house, and there was also digital scales, body armour, CS gas and a machete,” Mr Barnes continued. “It is a dangerous business, and these, we allege, are the tools of those involved."
“Some of the cocaine you acquired you would adulterate with marshmallow powder. You owned at least two machetes, and also had access to body armour and a CS gas canister.”
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