Corrupt dock worker became 'pull out man' who helped to smuggle 82kg of class A drugs
A corrupt dock worker was recruited to smuggle 82kg of cocaine into the Port of Liverpool inside barrels of limes.
In return, Bennett organised for a driver to receive the consignment. This included providing a burner phone for his recruit before "taking the blower off him" afterwards. The 39-year-old, of Downside Close in Netherton, was described as the "pull out man" and was said to have been involved in a previous importation of 150kg of the class A substance through his employment with Peel Ports. Bennett told the user "SinCityGold" in one message on April 26: "They done one a few months ago, 150 on it."
Full Flock and Bennett also discussed potential importation routes from Ecuador and Costa Rica, while McQuade advised his co-defendant over the "best containers to use to avoid the consignment being intercepted by the port authorities". The dad-of-two told him: "Fridges are defo the hardest. McQuade outlined how they could claim that the containers had been damaged in order to gain access to the goods inside in private. Then, on May 20, Murphy "alerted Bennett to a potential issue regarding the box".
As part of this arrangement, Bennett was to keep 10kg for onward supply and was said to have handed over £97,000 in payment for these drugs. The messages ended on June 5 2020, when Full Flock told Bennett he was "waiting to hear from Brazil, who had told him they would load tonight". These were then taken to the home of Dale Campbell on Hillside Drive in Woolton and unloaded. There, the barrels were cut open and had their contents removed.
Bennett was arrested on October 3 2021, with McQuade being detained on November 2 the same year. Both gave no comment under interview. "The stake and interest, we say, is actually 12kg. It does give a different approach than if this was a 400kg conspiracy. "He did not have many opportunities presented to him growing up. He had a very poor background and difficult circumstances.
"It is in this sense that someone like him can become entangled in the biggest mistake of his life. From the references, you do get a strong sense of who he is as a person. "He knows he will have to spend several more years thinking about that and wondering how he will put his life back together on release. He does not expect sympathy or ask for any, but it nonetheless is an immensely sad case."
"He joined when he was 17 and served for two years. Then, he entered the world of work as a mechanic.
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