The moment a drug gang responsible for smuggling millions of pounds-worth of Class As from the north west into Wales was brought down was captured by a police drone.
A ledger recovered from a house during a raid noted a monthly turnover of £1.2m. Another ledger recovered from one of the seized vehicles noted that between July 2021 and February 2022, more than £4.8m worth of drugs had been sold by the gang. Caernarfon Crown Court heard this week how the 11 defendants pleaded guilty to their roles in the OCG. Among them was the gang's leader Nathan John Barnes, 33, of Heol Y Bryn, Garden Village, Wrexham, who was jailed for 10 years for conspiring to supply class A and B drugs. His 'second in command' Mark Shaun Armstrong, 31, of Deva Way, Queens Park, Wrexham, was also jailed for 10 years for conspiring to supply class A and B drugs.