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A gang threw dozens of packages containing drugs, phones and tobacco over the walls of Forest Bank jail after they'd been ordered by serving prisoners. Police claim they have now dismantled an organised criminal gang behind the smuggling of contraband into the Salford prison, after two men were locked up for their part in the plot.
Boss James Rourke, 34, recruited others to help him throw packages over the walls into the prison exercise yards, after he'd put together the 'prepared to order' packs. He also liaised with prisoners via text message to keep them updated on their deliveries.
"Coming over any second now rkid," he told one prisoner. "Hopefully my boys are gonna go and bang them up now," he told another. GMP launched an investigation after prison staff told how packages were regularly being thrown over the walls.
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Police noted that at least 47 packages were thrown over on six occasions between September and October last year when Rourke or 20-year-old Mitchell Murden, who he had recruited into the scheme, were seen outside Forest Bank with other unknown offenders. Officers seized five packages which contained a mixture of cocaine, cannabis, tobacco, phones, SIM cards and USB sticks.
Within prison, where values are inflated, the five packages could have been worth up to £30,000, Manchester Crown Court heard. Detectives estimate that the 47 packages could have been worth more than £200,000 within the jail.
Police said such smuggling plots can fuel 'violence, exploitation and bullying' in jail. Rourke and Murden, both from Salford, have now both been locked up.
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