Op Venetic: Halewood man jailed for over 17 years for Class A and B drugs conspiracy

We have today, Wednesday 12 February, welcomed the sentencing of a Halewood man to over 17 years in prison for a Class A and B drugs conspiracy.

Jeffrey Bloxam, 52, of Ronaldsway, used an Encrochat encrypted device between March and June 2020 and was known by the handle EASYORCA.

During that time he conspired to supply Class A drugs (Cocaine) and Class B drugs (Cannabis). Data taken from the device also indicated that he had a specially adapted vehicle with a ‘stash’ (a concealment for drugs and/or cash).

On 16 December 2024 officers stopped Bloxam in a street near his home. His VW Caddy van was seized and searched, and a sophisticated concealment was found in the floor containing 17 x 1kg blocks of high purity cocaine.

Bloxam was charged with conspiracy to supply 104kg of cocaine and 58kg of cannabis and possession with intent to supply 17kg of cocaine.

He pleaded guilty and today at Liverpool Crown Court he was jailed for a total of 17 years and 4 months.

Detective Inspector James Boardman said: “We believe Bloxam communicated with around 30 other Encrochat handles.

“The drugs discussed on the Encro phones were sourced from Holland and Spain and were supplied to customers across the UK and Northern Ireland.

“Thanks to our continued work under Operation Venetic to detect and arrest those involved in the sale and distribution of Class A and B drugs, Bloxam was identified and arrested and a search of his vehicle showed it had been specially adapted to stash drugs or cash. A large quantity of high purity cocaine was also removed from the vehicle.

“We are committed to pro-actively investigating serious organised crime and we remain relentless in pursuing offenders. The evidence we secured against Bloxam was sufficient to put him away for a long time.

 “Our work to prevent criminals from supplying illicit drugs goes on, and we would always encourage members of the public to contact us if they have any information which could assist with our enquiries.”

Anyone who has information about drug dealing in the community can contact us by sending a DM to @MerPolCC, calling 101 or contacting Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.