Six year sentence for cocaine dealer

Date published: 13 November 2018


More than £240,000 worth of cocaine was discovered at a drug-dealer's house in Clayton.

On the morning of Friday, May 18, 2018, officers found 1.2kg of cocaine at Claire Tague’s home on Keynsham Road following intelligence to suggest drugs were being dealt from the address.

The warrant was organised by the City of Manchester borough who carried out an extensive search of the property while Tague was simultaneously remanded in custody and taken to a station for questioning.

Snap bags containing white powder, plastic toy-style eggs filled with the Class A drug, blocks of compressed cocaine powder as well several mobile phones were all recovered.

The drugs - estimated to have a street value of just under £250,000 - had been prepared for smaller street supply as well as larger deals.

The 32-year old appeared at Manchester Crown Court yesterday (Monday) where she was jailed for six years after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs.

A Proceeds of Crime Application hearing will also take place in early 2019.

Detective Constable Terry Macmillan, from Greater Manchester Police’s City of Manchester North CID team, said: “Today’s sentence is a result of a careful team operation where a significant quantity of cocaine that was destined for the streets of Manchester has now prevented.

“While we don’t believe Tague was a street dealer as such, she was clearly involved in the supply chain and was making a profit from dealing cocaine.

“She had a completely clean record before she was rumbled by officers and now this offence will stay with her for life even when she comes out of prison.”


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