Three jailed as police smash cocaine gang
A DRUG delivery man hurled a bag of cocaine out of his car as police pursued him on the motorway.
John Gemmill, 65, dumped the package and sped off when officers signalled for him to pull over.
Gemmill and two men from Reddish have now been jailed after their ‘large scale’ operation was smashed by police.
Nathan Menzies, 37, and Beren Marshall, 36, both admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs and were sentenced to five years and four months and nine years respectively. Gemmill will serve a three-year prison sentence after admitting the same charge.
ADRUG delivery man on a mission to Scotland from Manchester hurled a bag of cocaine out of his window as police pursued him on the motorway.
John Gemmill, 65, dumped the package beside the M1 and sped off when officers signalled for him to pull over.
Gemmill and two other men have now been jailed after their ‘large scale’ operation was smashed by police.
Nathan Menzies, 37, and Beren Marshall, 36, both of Reddish, admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs and were sentenced to five years and four months and nine years respectively.
They were caught after Gemmill was spotted on the M1 by police.
He was arrested following a chase and will himself serve a threeyear prison sentence after admitting the same charge.
Gemmill, of Inverleith Street, Glasgow, had collected 1kg of cocaine from Nathan Menzies in Manchester before driving on the M1.
Two weeks after the driver’s arrest, which happened on October 11 last year, Menzies had his house on Ambleside Road, in Reddish, searched.
Police found 13.5kg of heroin, 0.5kg of cocaine and drug paraphernalia including bags, scales and phones.
Fearing capture, Marshall, of Harcourt Street, Reddish, then attempted to flee the country but was discovered in a hotel room in Manchester on January 3 having used an alias to check in.
In his room police found several mobile phones, 2kg of heroin, £4,700 in cash and thousands of US dollars.
All three were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court last Monday having pleaded guilty at a previous hearing.
Detective Inspector Lee Griffin, of GMP’s serious and organised crime team, said: “Gemmill and Marshall both tried to avoid facing up to the consequences of supplying drugs, but they didn’t succeed.
“Our investigation team did everything they could to ensure that these three men were held to account for their illegal and dangerous activity.
“The large scale supply of drugs will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester and we will always work hard to bring those who flout the law to justice.”