Hood, 39, of Spenser Way and McGarity, 27, were both jailed for three years and nine months.
Investigating officer PC Mark Dundon called on the public to report any other examples of cuckooing to police.
PC Dundon said: “Gee, Hood and McGarity were part of a drugs line that took advantage of a vulnerable woman by taking over her home to set up a base from which to sell drugs.
“This is a common tactic used by drugs gangs, who use manipulation, intimidation and threats of violence to exploit vulnerable people and children.
“They use the same methods to control their own gang members and assert authority over rivals.
Liam Hughes ran the Aron drugs line in Clacton while on licence for previous drugs convictions. Operation Raptor North, one of Essex Police s specialist teams who identify and dismantle drugs gangs, began investigating the line in October last year and they identified Hughes as running the line. He was subsequently arrested on January 28 when officers from Essex Police and the Metropolitan Police’s Op Orochi team carried out a warrant at his home in St Marks Rise in Dalston, east London. Officers seized heroin and crack cocaine worth an estimated street value of £13,060 following the raid. Hughes, 31, admitted two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs at Chelmsford Crown Court on February 26.
Liam Hughes was jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court
- Credit: Essex Police
A drug dealer who ran an Essex supply line has been jailed after being caught with crack cocaine and heroin worth more than £13,000.
Liam Hughes ran the Aron drugs line in Clacton while on licence for previous drug convictions, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
Essex Police s Operation Raptor North team began investigating the line in October 2020, and identified Hughes as responsible for its operation.
Hughes was arrested on January 28 when officers from Essex Police and the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Orochi team carried out a warrant at his home in St Marks Rise in Dalston, east London.
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A MAN has appeared in court to face two counts of supplying Class A drugs. Liam Hughes, 31, appeared at Colchester Magistrates Court on Friday January 29 to face two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. He was arrested in Hackney on Thursday 28 January following a raid during which drugs with an estimated streets value of £10,000 were seized. The search was part of an investigation led by the Operation Raptor North team into the Aron drugs line which is operating Clacton. Hughes, of St Marks Rise, Dalston in Hackney did not enter a plea to the charges.