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Talking parrot helps bring down Blackpool drug operation

Talking parrot brings down Blackpool drugs ring after revealing secrets
  • A talking parrot named Mango assisted Lancashire Police in dismantling an organised crime gang in Blackpool.
  • Mango, owned by the girlfriend of ringleader Adam Garnett, was taught to say the drug-dealing phrase 'two for 25”.
  • Police raids on homes uncovered large quantities of cocaine and heroin, along with videos of the parrot squawking the phrase and playing with cash.
  • Adam Garnett and 14 other gang members were subsequently jailed for a combined total exceeding 103 years.
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