Father and son 'flooded' England with cocaine

Malcolm and Richard Hoyland distributed cocaine around the country

A father and son who "flooded" England with cocaine worth millions of pounds have been jailed.

Malcolm Hoyland, 80, and son Richard, 45, were sentenced to seven years and three months and 10 years respectively at Manchester Crown Court after admitting drug dealing.

The pair delivered drugs in their van to organised crime groups in Plymouth, Merseyside, Devon, Cornwall, Essex, the Midlands and Yorkshire.

Det Con Elle Cartwright, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the pair played a "pivotal" role in cocaine dealing, with their "sophisticated and highly organised criminal network responsible for flooding communities with harmful drugs".

GMP said Richard Hoyland, of Meade Hill Road, Prestwich was identified as a supplier of Class A drugs to organised crime groups (OCGs) across the country.

He was seen in November supplying a large blue bag containing 5kg of cocaine.

But officers intercepted a vehicle on its way to Hull and recovered the cocaine.

Evidence from a mobile phone, other seized devices and handwritten notes, linked him to the supply chain.

He was arrested on 27 January and police found 83kg of cocaine worth millions of pounds in his family home.

A further 13kg was found in his bedroom, alongside "drug-related paraphernalia" and a large machete hidden beneath a sofa.