Chemicals used in the production of amphetamine were delivered to a property in Motherwell
A drug dealer involved in a conspiracy to produce amphetamines with a street value of more than £1 million at a hidden factory inTerence Earle, 48, played a “leading role” in a Merseyside-based organisedgang which plotted to supply cocaine in England and Scotland and produce amphetamines in a “secret laboratory” north of the border, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
He claimed he falsely promised to supply cocaine to “string along” a Scottish contact who he expected to produce amphetamine oil with a street value of more than £200,000 from chemicals Earle provided. In December of that year, a lorry which had been loaded from a warehouse at Reams Hill Caravan Park in Weeton, Lancashire, was stopped by police and 560kg of the chemical was found on board.
In messages sent using the encrypted Encrochat service, Earle discussed adulterating nine kilograms of cocaine to make 12kg.The defendant compared his Encrochat messages, which were hacked by law enforcement agencies in 2020, to a book that could be interpreted in different ways by different readers.He claimed he facilitated the supply of one kilogram of cocaine after bumping into an acquaintance by chance in the street in Huyton, Merseyside.
He said: “I’m sure you were playing a leading role in this conspiracy. You were organising, buying and selling on a commercial scale.” Singleton, who was already serving nine years and two months for playing a leading role in a drugs conspiracy in the North East of England, was jailed for three years and five months.
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