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15.02.2022 - 10:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drug dealer from Liverpool who flooded homes in a Greater Manchester town with drugs has been jailed.
Adam Jarir used houses in Atherton to store, prepare and distribute class A substances in a method known as cuckooing, Bolton Crown Court heard.
The 29-year-old was part of a county lines gang that brought heroin and crack cocaine to Wigan borough, leading to estimated sales exceeding £800,000.
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Jarir, who went by the nickname 'Biggie', was one of the group's spearheads alongside Jake Muldoon, 23, who was also known as 'Scouse Joe'.
At a sentencing hearing on Monday (February 14), Jarir was jailed for six years and six months after admitting conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Muldoon was sentenced last December along with four other men from the Leigh and Atherton areas - Jamie Ashcroft, Declan Prescott, Nathan Rutter and Rhys Jones.
At a two-day hearing last December, Bolton Crown Court heard that Jarir frequently travelled to houses in Atherton used as part of the group's county lines operation, including a property which belonged to Ashcroft's mum Marie Ledwith.
Greater Manchester Police's Wigan Challenger Team executed a warrant on Bridges Street, Atherton, on November 1, 2018.
Jarir and Jones, 22, were arrested and heroin, drugs production equipment, shotgun ammunition and £4,000 in cash was recovered, among other significant items.
Phones recovered from that raid enabled officers to link Ashcroft, 22, Prescott, 24, and Rutter, 21, to the conspiracy.
The trio also were understood to be stealing vehicles for the purpose of the organised crime group's illicit activities. Ashcroft, Prescott, and Rutter were
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