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Louis Boyle, 35, ran an online network called ‘Coke Kings’ that he used to supply customers across the UK.
The former offshore worker boasted in calls that were covertly recorded by police that he was “awash with cash”.
Norwich Crown Court was told packages containing kilos of cocaine were sent through the post to addresses in Norfolk from a supplier in Blackpool with parcels of £25,000 in cash being sent in the opposite direction.
He had £10,700 in cash and 500 ecstasy pills on him when he was arrested in November 2022 when a package seized from the Royal Mail depot in Great Yarmouth was found to contain a kilo of cocaine.
‘Little remorse’ from kingpin
Detective Sergeant Eddie Hammond, who led the investigation, said: “This was an extensive and complex investigation over a protracted period.
“Significant quantities of Class A drugs have been seized along with large amounts of cash during the operation which has led to dismantling this organised crime network.
“The seriousness of commercial drug supply should not be underestimated.”
Boyle, of Howard’s Way, Bradwell, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine between January and November 2022. He also admitted supplying MDMA, cannabis and conspiracy to supply ecstasy.
Jailing him for a total of 16 years, Judge Katharine Moore said he had been supplying other smaller dealers and had made “substantial financial gain”.
He had shown little remorse only changing his plea to guilty 11 days before his trial and “continues to dispute the level of his offending”, she added.
Also in court was Louis Fellas, 36, of Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft, who admitted transferring criminal property by making four trips to Blackpool with £100,000 in cash.
While Anis Naili, 40, of Nuffield Crescent, Gorleston, admitted permitting his property to be used for the storing and distribution of cocaine.
Police discovered huge quantities of Class A drugs stored at various commercial premises together with heat-sealing vacuum equipment.
Boasts of ‘top quality cocaine’
During the summer of 2022, Boyle was observed going into various shops where he visited the Post Office counters and posted multiple parcels at a time.
He was also seen making phone calls, collecting and delivering or posting an estimated 160 parcels using the tracked service.
Investigations also seized phones and SIM cards which led them to the ‘Coke Kings’ group on an encrypted online site that offered cocaine for sale from street level gram up to kilo blocks.
Boyle sold to 30 or 40 select clients and “prided himself on supplying top quality cocaine”, the court was told.
Posts shared on the group included information about purity tests, updates on deliveries and delays and special offers including one offering cocaine buyers cheap MDMA because he had an oversupply.
On another occasion covert police recordings heard that Boyle had made a trip to Hertfordshire to buy three kilos from a new cannabis supplier.
Courier was paid £400… plus petrol money
Boyle turned to using Fellas as a cash courier after a package he had posted was seized by police in October 2022 and found to contain £25,000 in cash.
He paid him £400 plus petrol money to take bags of cash to Blackpool but his involvement was uncovered because the hire car he used had been rented in his own name.
Matthew Sorel-Cameron, for Fellas, said he had been “stupid and naive”.
The court was told Naili had been lured into allowing his premises to be used for storage through his use of steroids but had not been paid.
Andrew Oliver, mitigating, said: “He accepts having used steroids as part of his fitness regime.
“As a result of that he believed what was being stored was steroids. Other than these offences he is a hardworking, law-abiding, home owning man.”
Both were given 12 month community orders with a requirement to complete 15 rehabilitation days.
