A LEIGH man was involved in a large-scale cocaine supply plot, a jury was told.

Warren Cox was seen having three meetings with another alleged conspirator, Radcliffe man Paul Robinson, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Cox and Anne Marie O'Connor, at whose Leigh home he was caught adulterating blocks of cocaine, have both admitted their illegal roles, but 44-year-old Robinson has pleaded not guilty to plotting to supply cocaine, said Robert Altham, prosecuting.

When police raided O'Connor's home on April 15 last year they found cocaine being "cut".

Mr Altham said: "The price of this in gram deals in the clubs and streets of Manchester would have been between £55,000 and £95,000."

In the two or so weeks before the police raid Robinson had three "highly suspicious" meetings in McDonalds car park in Whitefield with 38-year-old Cox, who Mr Altham described as "the main player in the conspiracy".

One of the meetings was for Robinson, of Hardman Close, to hand cocaine to Cox and for Cox to hand money over to Robinson, alleged Mr Altham. At a later meeting in the same car park, two other men, Michael Redfern, aged 23 and Andrew Creighton, 34, were also present.

Cox, of Cranwood Road, Leigh, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine; Redfern, of Redstart Close, Lowton, has admitted being concerned in supplying; O'Connor, 41, has pleaded guilty to allowing her house to be used for the production of drugs and Creighton, of Guest Street, Leigh, has admitted drug supplying.

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