DRUGS IN CABS
BIRKENHEAD CABBIE JAILED FOR SIX YEARS FOR SELLING ECSTASY AND COKE IN £100K DRUG SIDELINE
A former taxi driver who used his cab as a front for a secret drug- dealing sideline has been jailed for six years. Paul Duggan, 45, of Birkenhead, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after police seized Class A drugs potentially worth over £100,000 from his home. The court heard that Duggan, a registered hackney driver, used his own personal phone number as a “graft line” to supply cocaine and ecstasy across Merseyside between March and August of this year. Police evidence showed the device “co-located with the move- ments” of his taxi vehicle. Prosecutor Jonathan Keane des- cribed how messages on Duggan’s phone documented “frequent
transactions for ecstasy tablets and high purity cocaine.” Police executed a search warrant at his home on August 6, where Duggan confessed there was a “large quantity of drugs in the address.” Drugs seized there included 1.163kg of cocaine and 1,323 MDMA tablets, as well as £620 in cash. Four “Donald Trump shaped pills” were also found when his vehicle was searched. John Rowan, defending, explained that Duggan had been struggling with his own addiction to Class A
drugs and financial problems. He stated that Duggan regretted taking an “opportunity”
to
primarily bag drugs for someone else before beginning to supply users directly. Duggan admitted possession of cocaine and ecstasy with intent to supply and being concerned in their supply. Sentencing, Judge Robert Trevor Jones said: “People who involve themselves in the supply of controlled drugs can expect to go prison... certainly, when those drugs are class A drugs, they can expect significant sentences.” Duggan, who has no previous convictions, nodded as he was jailed.
‘UNREALISTIC ACCOUNT’ COSTS BOLTON PH DRIVER HIS LICENCE AFTER POLICE FIND £5,200 CASH
A Bolton PH driver has had his licence revoked with immediate effect on grounds of public safety after a council licensing panel unanimously rejected his explanation for being in possession of £5,200 cash found in his vehicle. The driver was arrested on September 27, 2024, for the alleged offence of supplying controlled drugs and money laundering, according to
minutes from a
Bolton council licensing panel meeting held on October 28. South Yorkshire Police had reportedly observed what they thought was a drug deal. Officers stopped the vehicle and during a search, £5,200 cash was found. Although the police confirmed on
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the day of the licensing meeting that a decision to take no further action had been made, the panel sought an explanation from the driver about the incident. The driver’s account, detailed in the report, was that he drove to Sheffield - a “good run” to “go up and down hills” - after being advised to do so following a garage visit for a car problem. His explanation for the cash: “He asked a passing male for directions, this male entered the vehicle and ran off before the police attended. The male had left a bag in the vehicle containing the large amount of cash found by the police.” He also claimed to have “removed the livery from the
vehicle and put this in the boot.” The committee ultimately “found that the driver had not told the truth about his reason for driving to Sheffield” and that his account for the cash was “unrealistic.” The report stated that the committee “believed that a transaction had taken place, on the balance of probabilities.” The decision to revoke the licence was also influenced by
other
factors, including: • Concern over a breach of require- ments about control of the vehicle mobile phones.
• Four separate complaints alleg- ing dangerous driving.
• A complaint regarding request- ing a cash payment.
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