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A cocaine dealer posted a ‘last supper’ selfie – just minutes before she was locked up over a multi-million pound drugs racket.

Jaymie Dawson, 28, shamelessly posed for a cheeky photo with two family friends during a lunch break at Manchester Crown Court before she and fellow members of her gang awaited sentencing.

The 28-year-old brazenly posted the image on social media, and wrote an accompanying message.

The Facebook post read: ‘Last bevvy and a pizza before I get my comeuppance.

‘Big love to everyone who’s stood by me and supported me.It is what it is.’

She then returned to the court shortly after, where she was jailed for four and a half years, having been found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

In reply to Dawson’s post, pals sent messages of support with one saying: ‘They can lock the lock but they can’t stop the clock.’

Another said: ‘See u on the other side’.

While a third joked: ‘Being in orange is the new black!Plenty of friends to be made, laughs to be had with people from all walks of life.’

Dawson, of Shaw, near Oldham, Greater Manchester, was held after a major police investigation – nicknamed Operation Glory – targeted a drugs gang based in Bury. 

It was found that the 28-year-old stashed drugs at her home and sent out bulk texts daily to customers, including ‘New gear in for xmas!Absolute stocked the f**k up so all hours.’

Another similar message read: ‘Beltin deals still on aswell’.

Greater Manchester Police found the messages on her mobile phone, following a series of synchronized raids in June 2021 in which a suspected cannabis farm comprising of 18 plants was found in Radcliffe.

Meanwhile cannabis cultivation equipment was also recovered in Farnworth, near Bolton.

Drugs paraphernalia was seized from their houses – including weighing scales and mixing bowls. 

Officers also sized £20,000 in cash from her.

Cops also discovered Dawson and her accomplices were diluting their drugs by mixing it with unknown materials to increase their profits.

The gang’s ringleader Daniel Degisi, 27, of Bury was jailed for 11 years and eight months.

This comes after police said he had masterminded the supply of cocaine in wholesale amounts through a drugs line that operated across the North West of England through a network of street dealers.

Det Sgt Matthew Whittaker from Greater Manchester Police said: ‘The severity of these offences should not be underestimated, and the quantities of drugs we are talking about here are beyond substantial.The removal of these individuals will have a discernible difference on the streets of Greater Manchester.

‘Drugs have devastating impacts on communities and are often a catalyst for serious crime due to drug disputes, and today’s sentencings are another step forward in disrupting serious, organised crime and removing dangerous individuals off our streets.

‘A lot of work goes on behind the scenes on a daily basis to tackle organised crime, but information from the public plays a really important part in our investigations.We would always encourage the community to come to us with any suspicions or information they have concerning drug supply in their area. We will act on it.’

Zach Hall, 28 of Milnrow Rochdale, was jailed for nine years and four months.

Michelle Richardson, 38, of Oldham, was jailed for five years and four months, while Richard Cranston, 55, of Gerards Cross, Bucks was jailed for six years.

Hamza Iftikar, 23, of Bury, was jailed for four years and nine months. 

All were found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.