Panashe Nyamariwata – born 25 November 1996 and of Adelphi Road – was among six people have been sentenced at Bolton Crown Court for their role in a conspiracy to import class A and class B drugs into the UK.
Two of the defendants claimed that money transfers between themselves and a man in Jamaica were “for the purchasing of goats, not drugs”.
Following a GMP investigation lasting over two years, four kilos of cocaine, thousands of MDMA and 2CB tablets, a kilo of cannabis and £100,000 in cash were found at an address in Greater Manchester.
Darren Bailey of Lisburne Lane, Offerton, Stockport was found guilty of conspiracy to import class A drugs, conspiracy to supply class A drugs, conspiracy to produce class B drugs, and conspiracy to supply class B drugs, and was sentenced to 19 years.
Nathan Charles of Highfield Range, Gorton was found guilty of conspiracy to import class A drugs, conspiracy to supply class A drugs, conspiracy to produce class B drugs, and conspiracy to supply class B drugs, and was sentenced to 17 years.
Adrian Stephenson of Peers Street, Bury was found guilty of conspiracy to import class A drugs and sentenced to 9.5 years.
Charlene Bellamy of Fairway Road, Oldham was found guilty of conspiracy to import class A drugs sentenced to 5 years.
Kamica Morris of Hanworth Close, Manchester was found guilty of conspiracy to import class A drugs and was sentenced to 4 years.
Hannah Conlon of Cherry Avenue, Bury was found guilty of conspiracy to import class B drugs during the same trial after over three kilos of cannabis was seized from America to be delivered to her home address between January and March 2024. She will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday 20 April 2026.
Detective Constable Ryan O’Hanlon from Greater Manchester Police said “This investigation has taken drugs off the street worth over a million pounds. Drugs ruin lives and the crimes that are committed to fund the habits that dealers profit from blight our communities.”
This sentencing is the conclusion of Operation Image – a GMP investigation lasting over two years which began in March 2024 when UK Border Force seized 8 kilos of high purity cocaine off a flight from Jamaica which was destined for residential addresses across Greater Manchester.
