Overview

• Manchester Crown Court sentenced Jordan Winstanley, 30, to eight years after he admitted four counts of conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
• Carl Allan, 47, was jailed for two years and three months after pleading guilty to one conspiracy count as a courier on the Bury operation.
• GMP said the investigation connected two related drugs lines operating between July 2022 and November 2024 through mobile phone analysis and searches.
• Officers first arrested Winstanley in August 2022, linked him to a new drugs line in March 2024, and both defendants entered guilty pleas in February 2025.
• The force presented the outcome as part of Programme Challenger and urged the public to report concerns via 101 or its online reporting tool.