A multi-million pound cocaine conspiracy saw participants involved in the purchase of 'industrial levels' of drugs which flooded the streets of south Wales.

Police were able to track the scale of the operation after the leader of the conspiracy left detailed lists of drug transactions.

Robert Andrews Jr, 34, ran an organised crime gang based in Newport which purchased and supplied heroin and cocaine. The conspiracy ran for nine months between March and December 2023, with a total of 85kg of cocaine being sold.

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A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court on Monday and Tuesday (September 1 and 2) heard of the quantity of drugs seized an overt investigation by Gwent Police.

It came about after couriers were stopped and 3kg of cocaine, with an est

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