Thousands of drugs parcels sent out via Royal Mail from gang's Bury warehouse

Thousands of drugs parcels sent out via Royal Mail from gang's Bury warehouseThe mail-order drugs empire pumped millions of pounds worth of illegal substances across the UK. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Catherine Mackinlay, News Reporter 16:03, Sat, Jun 6, 2026 Updated: 16:04, Sat, Jun 6, 2026 Three men have been jailed after police smashed a 'highly sophisticated' mail order drugs gang (Image: MEN)Three men behind a "highly sophisticated" mail-order drugs empire that pumped millions of pounds worth of illegal substances across the UK have been jailed after police smashed their operation. Iain Potter, Jack Wright and Ross Fathi ran the "industrial-scale" conspiracy from a distribution hub in Edenfield, Bury, where drugs were packaged up and dispatched through the Royal Mail network. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) When officers swooped on the warehouse, they uncovered a professional set-up complete with packaging stations, vacuum sealing machines, label printers and hundreds of Royal Mail bags waiting to be sent out. Police also seized a huge haul of illegal drugs, including cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis resin, THC edibles and other substances. An investigation found the gang had used fake return addresses on every package in a bid to avoid detection if parcels were intercepted. Royal Mail records showed that between February and April 2025 the group sent out 1,724 parcels, weighing between 0.1kg and...