A SIXTH man has admitted being part of a plot which trafficked heroin from Liverpool to Plymouth.
Police smashed a gang which brought the Class A drug to the city earlier this year.
Five men from the North West have now pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and face years in prison.
A Plymouth man has already been jailed for more than three years for his part in the plot.
Jake Swabey, aged 26, of Westhampnett Place, Ernesettle, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply the drug. He was jailed for 44 months at Bristol Crown Court in June.
Now a sixth defendant, Danny O'Flaherty, aged 22, has admitted taking part in the plot.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring with Swabey and others to supply heroin between December 17 last year and February 28 this year.
O'Flaherty, of Wallasey on Merseyside, appearing from Exeter Prison via videolink, was remanded into custody on a date to be fixed for sentence with four co-defendants.
Brothers Thomas, aged 27, and Steven Kehoe, aged 29, John Hunt, aged 50, and Andrew Roberts, aged 33, have all pleaded guilty to the same conspiracy charge.
Roberts also pleaded guilty to the possession of 67 grams of cannabis resin.
Thomas Kehoe, whose address was given as Exeter Prison, and Andrew Roberts, of Orrell, Wigan, were remanded in custody.
Steven Kehoe, of Felspar Road, Liverpool, and Hunt, of Prescott Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, have been released on bail.
Police acting as part of Operation Zephyr, tackling organised crime in the South West, arrested the defendants after three months of covert surveillance.
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