Almost a dozen men and women are appearing in court charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

The men and women are appearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court in Manchester City Centre today (November 30).

According to Greater Manchester Police they were arrested as a result of raids in Greater Manchester and in Lancashire this month and in the summer. 

All of them are charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and three of them are charged with conspiracy to supply Class B drugs (*).

They are:

Samuel Nyundai Robinson, 24, of Shire Croft, Bolton
Charlie Thorp, 25, of Tempest Road, Bolton*
John Gannon, 31, of Tempest Road, Bolton*
Jack Brown, 32, of Merryfield Grange, Bolton*
Joanne Hilton, 47, of Canada Street, Bolton
James Hull, 33, of Queen Street, Failsworth
Gareth Brown, 37, of Father Ryan Drive, Heywood
Aaron Shaw, 34, of Broadway, Manchester
Emily Burton, 31, of Read Close, Rossendale
Daniel Proctor, 35, of Staghills Road, Rossendale
Christopher Hargreaves, 38, of Staghills Road, Rossendale

Anyone can contact police on 101 or the LiveChat on gmp.police.uk.

They can contact the crime charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


This article is by Jack Tooth. He is available at jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk.