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A CROOK who led a north Cumbrian cocaine supply plot from custody has been jailed along with his business partner, as well as a mother and son who were involved in a daring bid to throw £32,000 worth of prohibited items into a prison. While behind bars at HMP Northumberland, 35-year-old Carlisle man Stephen Dixon used an illegally held phone and had a concealed cell cavity as he headed a hierarchy for the organised distribution of the class A drug in huge volumes and a high purity level. Sitting just below Dixon, of Blackwell Road, in the chain of command was his “man on the outs...

BBC News Published image copyrightCumbria Police image captionThe operation was run by prison inmate Dixon, (right) with the help of Schwencke (left) on the "outside" A gang has been jailed in connection with a "daring" plot to smuggle drugs into a prison. The operation was run by an inmate who planned to supply drugs with the help of people on the "outside". The scheme also involved bundles of drugs, phones and syringes being thrown over a prison fence that were intercepted by prison officers. Five people were jailed at Carlisle Crown Court for between 10 years and 27 months. The court hear...

A CROOK who led a north Cumbrian cocaine supply plot from custody has been jailed along with his business partner.

A CROOK who led a north Cumbrian cocaine supply plot from custody has been jailed along with his business partner.

How Cumbria police put Carlisle drug gang of seven behind bars Result Police in Cumbria say a court case that saw seven people jailed for nearly 40 years and drugs worth more than £300,000 seized should send a stark warning to criminals. Cumbria Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit smashed the set-up of a major Carlisle-based crime group after launching Operation Oberlin as part of the work going on every day to tackle drugs trafficking and supply in the county. During three separate parts of the operation, investigations by officers led to drugs including cocaine, cannabis and M...