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A parrot trained to loudly shout the drug trafficking phrase "2 for 25" has helped catch a gang who were running a £1m drugs ring from a prison cell.
The bird, owned by Shannon Hilton, appeared in a video found on her mobile phone during a police raid, in which it repeated a phrase used by dealers to advertise two doses of cocaine for £25.
Evidence of video calls between Hilton, 29, and her boyfriend, Adam Garnett, 35, showed the parrot named Mango playing with money earned from their drug operation in front of a child.
The weight of evidence, which included the parrot videos, enabled the police to dismantle the gang.
“A drug dealer's parrot learned to say 'two for 25', a phrase learned as part of the common language used by the organized crime gang run by her boyfriend. Not a phrase you'd want your parrot screaming when the police come knocking!”
Hilton was jailed for 12 years for her role in a criminal enterprise that trafficked heroin, hard cocaine, cannabis and ketamine.
In total, 15 gang members have been jailed for more than 103 years following an investigation by Lancashire Police.
Garnett, who led the group using smuggled cell phones while in prison, was also arrested.
The devices were discovered during a search of his cellphone, leading to a wider investigation across the network.
Garnett, who was already serving 15 years in prison, was given another 19 years and six months.
Detectives working the case tracked messages and video calls between Garnett and Hilton, his girlfriend, who acted as a liaison to street drug dealers.
The footage found also showed blocks of kilograms of cocaine.
Dalbir Sandhu, 41, was also convicted after keeping a detailed digital record of transactions, which included price lists and links to news articles about county line gangs.
He was sentenced to 10 years.
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