Organised crime group jailed after importing drugs from the USA

A gang been jailed after importing drugs posted via Royal Mail from the USA to sell on the streets of Blackpool and St Annes.

- by Emma Downey

Zack Higginson and Andrew Taylor filmed themselves bagging up the drugs and orchestrated the transport and delivery of them in parcels to other members of the Organised Crime Group (OCG).

A police investigation found that Higginson ran the drug supply line in Blackpool and St Annes, selling heroin, crack and cocaine, which operated between February 2022 and April 2023.

They used a number of drivers, dealers and runners, including their girlfriends, other family members and associates.

Higginson is thought to have used at least 15 different telephone numbers, including both UK and USA numbers.

Analysis of his phone found 25 videos that were drug or money related.

They included a video of him and Taylor bagging up cannabis in the USA, a video of himself smoking, which, when he turns the camera, shows two large bags of cannabis, several wraps of white rocks and some money.