by admin-abbey | Mar 26, 2016 | Drug offences
Abbey Solicitors were instructed in respect of Operation Petral which was a case extending for a year between 2015 and 2016. The nature of which was a substantial (c. £5.6m) multi-commodity drugs supply conspiracy trial involving Organised Crime Groups. Our barrister...
by admin-abbey | Mar 3, 2014 | Drug offences
An international network of organised criminal gangs that brought £300m worth of illegal drugs into the UK has been dismantled after the boss admitted his role. At Liverpool Crown Court Phillip Baron, 57, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering. His...
by admin-abbey | Feb 27, 2014 | Drug offences, Murder, Violent disorder
Abbey Solicitors was involved in a case concerning attempted murder and drugs. Nicknamed Operation Zambesi, the case involved multi-handed attempted murder, cocaine and cannabis. It was a complex and substantial appeal on a number of grounds, including witness...
by admin-abbey | Oct 7, 2013 | Drug offences
Abbey Solicitors have completed a contested Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) application at Manchester Crown Court. The application lasted two weeks and related to Operation Beath, a five-year investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) into a large drug...
by admin-abbey | Sep 3, 2013 | Drug offences, Sex Offences
Drug offences / child abuse / sex offences Abbey Solicitors worked on a highly publicised case over January which involved a group of nine men accused of targeting vulnerable young girls to form a ‘child sex ring’. The men, eight from Oxford and one from Berkshire,...
by admin-abbey | Apr 5, 2012 | Drug offences
Described by the trial judge at Liverpool CC as the largest multi-commodity drugs conspiracy ever in the UK, Operation Beath involved massive quantities of Cocaine, Cannabis amongst other drugs. Abbey Solicitors client was eventually extradited from Ireland under the...
