He dealt in deadly fentanyl

A drug dealer who imported thousands of pounds worth of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl has been jailed for three years.

Daniel Farrier, 34, was arrested after officers from the National Crime Agency linked him to a package which was intercepted in November 2017.

Border Force detected a parcel from China containing 107 grammes of highly toxic fentanyl at the Coventry International Postal hub.

Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent street heroin. As little as 0.002g of fentanyl can be potentially fatal.

Dealers hope to make more money by cutting heroin with the drug but they are playing Russian roulette with the lives of drug users.

Farrier, of Ramsgate, Kent, was involved int he supply of class A drug MDMA, as well as class B and C drugs diazepam, alprazolem, steroids and cannabis resin.

He admitted being knowingly concerned in the evasion of fentanyl, conspiracy to supply steroids, offering to supply MDMA, offering to supply cannabis resin, supplying a controlled C drug, namely alprazolam and supplying another class C drug, diazepam.

Farrier was jailed for a total of three years at Canterbury Crown Court.

James Price, Senior Officer at the NCA, said: ‘Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl are extremely potent and deadly when consumed in even the smallest quantities.

‘They are much cheaper and easier to produce than heroin. There is a significant and continued risk of contamination of heroin products, which we have seen on several occasions in the UK in recent years.

‘The NCA has already taken action to disrupt the access to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids via the dark web, but we will continue to work with our partners – both here and around the world – to ensure we stop the flow of illegal drugs into the UK.’