Four men jailed after GMP's biggest ever spice seizure
The men were responsible for producing and supplying drugs in Oldham
Four men from Greater Manchester have been jailed for the production of more than £300,000 worth of Spice and other drugs.
Milad Finn, 29, from Stockport, Keith Robinson, 53, from Oldham, Jamie English, 36 from Royton, and Hassan Dehani, 27, from Oldham, will spend a total of 19 years behind bars.
As well as spice, officers discovered they were also behind the production of other drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine.
They used fictional names, as well as email accounts and falsified documents, to disguise their activities and avoid detection by the police.
On Tuesday 7th March last year, officers executed a number of warrants in Oldham and Stockport; at Robinson’s house they found laboratory equipment and chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs, as well as a large amount of heroin.
Twenty kilograms of Spice was also recovered from the flat with a street value of £300,000, making it GMP’s biggest ever seizure of the substance.
Finn, Robinson and English were arrested and officers discovered that they had used anti-forensic software to cover their digital footprint while researching the drug manufacture process online.
Dehani’s involvement in the operation was identified later and he was arrested on 3rd August 2017.
Detective Chief Inspector James Faulkner from GMP’s Oldham borough, said: “Finding these men stopped thousands of pounds worth of potentially lethal drugs flooding our streets.
“They were so committed to producing these dangerous drugs that these men lied and deceived to hide their behaviour, which they knew was breaking the law.
“It’s thanks to the proactive work of Oldham’s dedicated Challenger team that we were able to uncover the dangerous and illegal activities of these men and hold them to account.
“They will now spend several years behind bars, forced to face the consequences of their deceitful and dangerous drug operation.”