Dealer caught out by kid's birthday party chat found dead in prison

An investigation has been launched after a drug dealer who was caught out by a kid’s birthday party group chat died at a Lancashire prison.

The ‘proud dad’, who dealt a large amount of Class A drugs , was caught by police through messages he had sent about organising a birthday party for his children. Digweed was sentenced in 2022 after being unmasked as a drug dealer who shifted 40 kilos of class A drugs on Encrochat, an encrypted communications network which operated as a 'WhatsApp for criminals'.

He said Digweed mainly appeared to trade drugs to other dealers in Devon and Cornwall, though other locations across Britain were mentioned in his messages to other criminals. In his messages to other dealers, Digweed made clear his focus was on 'swilling', or diluting drugs, in order to increase his profit. One message read: "Got 5-6 swills on tomorrow and I’ve got 5 different people I need to make for.

His response was: “HaHaHaHa lad who’s done that, its only missing dig out the name. My name is Johnny Digweed init.” Digweed was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of seven counts of conspiracy to supply drugs in addition to one count of money laundering. Prosecutors said he could be connected to the supply of at least 30 kilos of cocaine and 12 and a half kilos of heroin.

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