Jail for Mossley drug dealer linked with organised crime

A DRUG dealer from Mossley who was part of a gang of men linked with organised crime has been put behind bars.

Taylor Inman has been jailed for 12 months after admitting to supplying cannabis.

The 30-year-old, of Staley Road, appeared at Manchester Crown Court on Friday (October 25) alongside four other men over drugs, firearms and counterfeit currency crimes.

Police raided Inman’s house on January 16 this year and found drugs, cash and mobile phones, as well as two Rolex watches, which were seized.

 

Taylor Inman

The gang were part of two investigations by Greater Manchester Police’s Oldham Challenger team, codenamed Operation Toulon and Operation Backbone.

Janade Parvez, 27, of Cotton Mill Crescent, Oldham, was sentenced to nine years and nine months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs – mainly crack cocaine and heroin – and two counts of supplying cannabis. He also pleaded guilty to possessing a Colt semi-automatic pistol.

Brian Threadgale, 36, of no fixed abode but from the Oldham area, was jailed for five years after being investigated as part of both operations.

Russell Bryan, 31, of Oakbridge Road in Harpurhey, was sentenced to two years and three months after admitting to supplying cannabis.

Warren Ali, 38, of Brelade Road in Liverpool, received a three-year jail term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class B drugs, possessing class B drugs with intent to supply, and possession of criminal property.

A sixth man, who pleaded guilty, received a conditional discharge due to serving an extended sentence previously.

Two officers involved in the operations said the investigations were “complex” but show the force’s “zero tolerance” to organised criminal activity through collaborative working.

“The illegal drug market impacts communities across Greater Manchester and is responsible for a large amount of organised crime across our area,” said DC Brown and DC Lomax, in a joint statement.

“This then leads to a number of other crimes, including violence, anti-social behaviour, and criminal exploitation. It also harms people’s health and wider society.

“As a force, we have launched the region’s first multi-agency drugs strategy which looks to build on the success we are experiencing in targeting, disrupting and dismantling drugs gangs who thrive off the vulnerability of others.

“Partnering with other agencies and drug experts enables us to be informed when it comes to the activity of moving and dealing drugs, resulting in making more arrests and seizures.

“We have also made great strides in tackling firearms on the streets of Manchester over the last few years and in the last three years alone, we have confiscated 252 illegal firearms and have put organised crime members in prison to serve sentences of almost 500 years.”