Connor Roberts was discovered to have been concerned in the supply of huge amounts of drugs.
A boy's football coach was found to be a 'wholesale' heroin and cocaine trafficker when he was caught speeding in his Audi.
Prosecutor Henry Riding described how messages showed Roberts, of New Street in Halsall, had been involved in discussing the supply of 40.5kg of cocaine, 6kg of heroin, 19kg of ketamine and 19kg of cannabis as well as handling cash totalling £1.3m. In one chat, the operator of the handle told another user "ApeChest" that his vehicle was "up at me mum's in Ormskirk" - the exact area where Roberts' mum lived.
He was eventually rounded up by police in May this year, with a quantity of cash, found hidden in an extractor fan at his home, and a Rolex watch being seized. Roberts' two previous convictions for three offences also saw him receive a community order and unpaid work for dangerous driving and possession of cocaine in February of this year.
"The principle concern is that by his stupidity, by his greed, by his belief that all the glistens is gold, he has put into effect a separation from his partner, his mother and also his daughter. He missed his daughter's first birthday party. Sentencing, Recorder Nicola Daley said: "You were a well-established wholesaler and you obviously had a series of customers who you trusted. You obviously had numerous others working underneath you. You thought you were invincible by using that device. You are someone who clearly made substantial amounts of money and were undertaking a business in the expectation of of substantial financial gain.
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