Detective caught dealing drugs after dropping cocaine outside daughter’s school

A detective who stole cocaine worthy astir £400,000 has been jailed for 19 years aft helium dropped a container of drugs extracurricular his daughter’s school.

Andrew Talbot, 54, was arsenic a detective constable for Greater Manchester Police (GMP), and conspired with convicted cause trader Keith Bretherton, 50, to merchantability the stolen drugs.

He became taxable to an probe aft helium dropped a container of cocaine extracurricular his daughter’s superior school.

Sentencing Talbot connected Friday astatine Liverpool Crown Court, Judge Neil Flewitt KC said: ‘As a effect of conscientious and dedicated constabulary work, ample quantities of Class A drugs were taken disconnected the streets by officers of Greater Manchester Police, galore of whom were your colleagues.’

‘As a effect of your addiction and greed a important quantity of that cocaine was enactment backmost into circulation.’

‘You deceived your colleagues and you betrayed the spot placed successful you by them and the community.’

James Lake, prosecuting, said: ‘Staff members were made alert that a drawback container containing achromatic pulverization had been recovered connected the footpath. When the schoolhouse looked astatine adjacent circuit tv they saw that it was Andrew Talbot who had dropped the drawback bag.

‘Unsurprisingly, fixed they knew helium was a constabulary officer, they contacted the police.’

When Talbot was arrested astatine enactment connected February 17 2020, a full of 26.8g of precocious purity cocaine was recovered successful his overgarment pocket, arsenic good arsenic smaller amounts which were little purity, the tribunal heard.

Snap bags and a portion of insubstantial with grounds references for Operation Cosmetic, an probe into the nationwide proviso of covaine, were recovered successful his car.

Three bullets were besides recovered astatine his code successful Leigh, Greater Manchester.

When officers checked drugs which had been seized arsenic portion of Operation Cosmetic and different probe they recovered conscionable nether 4kg of cocaine was missing.

Mr Lake said: ‘He accepted erstwhile helium attended the spot store helium would instrumentality pocketfuls, arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could acceptable successful his pockets.’

It is estimated that the drugs had an estimated wholesale worth of £140,000 and a retail worth of £394,500.

Talbot carried retired searches connected the confidential constabulary machine strategy for known oregon suspected cause dealers successful Greater Manchester.

The justice said: ‘Although it is unclear precisely however Andrew Talbot disposed of the stolen cocaine, I person nary uncertainty that helium sold it to criminals who, successful turn, chopped it and sold it connected the streets.’

Talbot besides provided confidential constabulary accusation to a person nether probe for battle and to Bretherton, to assistance him retrieve a cause indebtedness worthy much than £20,000, the tribunal heard.

Ryan Donoghue, defending, said determination was nary grounds Talbot has indulged successful a ‘lavish lifestyle’.

He said: ‘He did person astatine the clip a long-standing addiction to cocaine.’

The tribunal heard Talbot had served successful the constabulary unit for 20 years, and had spent 3 years successful the equipped forces, but had go addicted to cocaine aft difficulties successful his idiosyncratic beingness and owed to his relation successful an cognition successful which Anthony Grainger was changeable by equipped constabulary successful Culcheth, Cheshire.

Talbot was convicted aft a proceedings of supplying Class A drugs, misconduct successful nationalist bureau and failing to supply the passcode for his phone.

He admitted 2 counts of possession of cocaine, possession of ammunition without a firearm certificate, theft of cocaine, conspiracy, with Bretherton, to perpetrate misconduct successful nationalist office, a further number of misconduct successful nationalist office, and unauthorised entree to machine material.

Bretherton, besides of Leigh, Greater Manchester, admitted to possession of cannabis, possession of cocaine with intent to supply, and conspiracy to perpetrate misconduct successful nationalist bureau and was fixed a situation condemnation of eight-and-a-half years.

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