Dealer who 'managed' drugs hotline caught after sending out advertising messages

HE RECRUITED HIS SISTER AND TWO OTHERS TO ACT AS RUNNERS HELPING WITH DELIVERIES

- By MARK NAYLOR [e-mail] @GTMarkNaylor

A COCAINE dealer who “managed” a lucrative drugs hotline in Bridlington recruited his hard-up sister as well as another woman and her boyfriend to act as £150-a-day runners helping with deliveries to customers.

Police were finally alerted to the money-spinning operation after discovering bulk advertising messages that were brazenly sent out to a large number of people in the hope of drumming up extra business, Hull Crown Court heard.

Chad Brady, 30, formerly of Westgate, Patrington, and his sister, Imogen Brady, 29, of Cleeton Way, Bridlington, as well as Chloe Cairns, 26, of Ashbourne Avenue, Bridlington, and Izac Thorne, 27, of Springfield Avenue, Bridlington, all admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine between April and July last year. Chad Brady also admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply on July 11.

Benjamin Donnell, prosecuting, said that Chad Brady was a “manager” responsible for running a drugs line in the Bridlington area under the direction of another man. The line came to the notice of the police on April 17 last year after bulk messages were sent out advertising the sale of cocaine.

An investigation was launched and police were able to use phone data to link Chad Brady. He was arrested on July 11 and it was clear that he was responsible for responding to requests from drug users and negotiating prices for drugs as well as taking details of where the drugs should be delivered.