Overview
- Gary Parkinson, 45, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court to six years and four months after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine.
- Prosecutors said he funded the operation, set drop-off points in Devon, and used couriers to move drugs from Greater Manchester to rural towns.
- Police evidence put the flow at about two kilograms of cocaine over seven weeks, worth roughly £160,000 on the street.
- Officers arrested him with £7,000 in cash and a dealer list, and a co-conspirator made nine runs from Hyde to Devon during the scheme.
- The judge cited a guilty plea, serious injuries and a positive test for Huntington's disease, and long case delays in cutting the term from a higher starting point, with a proceeds-of-crime confiscation hearing still to come.