A CROOK who led a north Cumbrian cocaine supply plot from custody has been jailed along with his business partner, as well as a mother and son who were involved in a daring bid to throw £32,000 worth of prohibited items into a prison. While behind bars at HMP Northumberland, 35-year-old Carlisle man Stephen Dixon used an illegally held phone and had a concealed cell cavity as he headed a hierarchy for the organised distribution of the class A drug in huge volumes and a high purity level. Sitting just below Dixon, of Blackwell Road, in the chain of command was his “man on the outside” Dylan Schwencke, 25, the city’s crown court heard yesterday.
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image captionThe operation was run by prison inmate Dixon, (right) with the help of Schwencke (left) on the outside
A gang has been jailed in connection with a daring plot to smuggle drugs into a prison.
The operation was run by an inmate who planned to supply drugs with the help of people on the outside .
The scheme also involved bundles of drugs, phones and syringes being thrown over a prison fence that were intercepted by prison officers.
Five people were jailed at Carlisle Crown Court for between 10 years and 27 months.
The court heard how the operation was run by Stephen Dixon while he was an inmate at HMP Northumberland.
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