A drugs baron has been jailed after his operation was brought down when
an OAP mule was caught carrying heroin in her shopping bag full of CORNISH
PASTIES.
Stephen Blundell, 36, was the leader of a £2.3 million heroin racket involved in
supplying narcotics to large parts of England.
He used the cash to live a champagne lifestyle with a luxury flat and
fleet of posh cars.
But his network of organisers, couriers and dealers were brought down by
Teresa Wood, 63, of Bodmin, Cornwall.
She was stopped by police and found with £50,000 of drugs in a shopping
bag full of pasties that she was planning to have for dinner.
He used the cash to live a champagne lifestyle with
a luxury flat and fleet of posh cars.
He also spent £11,000 in cash on foreign travel in
a three-month period but had no obvious income or employment.
He said his arrest had a large impact on the supply
of class A drugs into the region.
DC Braund said: "He lived in very swanky
rented apartments and had access to high value sports cars. He maintained a
lavish lifestyle and there were exotic holidays with girlfriends.
"In his wardrobe, everything was designer - it
was all top-of-the-range stuff. He was living the lavish lifestyle and it would
appear as soon as he got that cash it was being spent.
"The removal of this supply chain certainly
had a knock-on impact on the streets of Devon and Cornwall."
The rest of Blundell's gang were jailed for a total
of more than 70 years.
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