Serious organised crime investigations

Three men sentenced for failed ecstasy plot

Jon Curtis, 41, Mohammed Habib, 30, and Samson MacNab, 22, all from the city, were found guilty of conspiracy last week after a seven-week trial.

The men planned to manufacture and sell large quantities of ecstasy pills along with a fourth man known as ‘Mr T’ for legal reasons.

They were jailed for 10 years each, with Mr T due to be sentenced later

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Plymouth-Liverpool drug conspiracy sentenced to nearly 100 years

Eight more people who supplied Class-A drugs to Plymouth have been sentenced today.

The gang who organised the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Liverpool were arrested as part of an investigation codenamed operation Rio by Devon and Cornwall Police.

Overall thirteen people have been convicted as part of the £1million a year...