Wolverhampton pair admit £1m cocaine trafficking plot
Two men from Wolverhampton have pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine with a street value of £1 million.
Kenneth Bailey, aged 62, of Muchall Road, Penn Fields, and Thomas Williams, 53, of Sedgley Road, Penn were involved in a plot to move the drugs from the Midlands to Gloucester between May and July this year. They will be sentenced in the new year.
One of the ringleaders, Marcus Campbell, 36, of Linton Ave, Kingsway, Gloucester, also pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to two charges of conspiring to supply Class A drugs between May and July this year.
And Amar Amin, 36, of Noel Road, Birmingham, dmitted one charge of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Others who have admitted their part in the trafficking and will be sentenced in the new year are Patrick Curran, 55, of New Barn Avenue, Prestbury; his son, Sonny Curran, 27, of Rye Avenue, Cheltenham; and Mark Douglas, 51, of St Swithuns Road, Hempstead.
Prosecutor Simon Burns told the court the case involves two conspiracies, one to bring a kilo of cocaine from Birmingham and the other a similar quantity from Wolverhampton.
The cocaine was at 88 per cent purity, he said. Judge Tabor commented that was 'just as it comes off the ship'.
