Tuesday 30th Dec 2025
Episode Number:
476
Under The Radar
The story from this week looks at a massive seizure of heroin and cocaine from a gang based in the north-west of England and rural north Wales. But what hit me is there is none of the drama we see in crime programmes on the television – it is a story of four men quietly going about their business under the radar, making money for themselves and causing untold misery in the communities where we all live. Depending on your view of the failure – or otherwise – of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ then this story is either of real significance, or it doesn’t really matter….
Episode Credits:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/secret-compartment-led-police-uncover-28865534
https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/gang-jailed-after-uks-largest-seizure-heroin-and-cocaine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68632148
https://www.rocu.police.uk/news/2024/November/seven-jailed-as-part-of-multi-million-drug-conspiracy/
https://www.deeside.com/heroin-and-cocaine-worth-64m-recovered-from-deeside-farm-after-the-uks-largest-seizure-of-class-a-drugs/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/22/paralysed-drug-smuggler-jailed-hiding-cocaine-heroin-farm/
Unveiling the £250m drug network nestled in a tranquil Welsh farm
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/quiet-north-wales-farm-centre-090524561.html
https://www.farmersguardian.com/news/4188675/gang-jailed-police-uks-largest-heroin-cocaine-seizures-north-wales-farm
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2023registrations
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines
