Three men have been jailed after a Wiltshire Police investigation concluded Operation Stonehaven, which targeted heroin and crack cocaine supply in Swindon.
Supplier Jamie Milligan, 34, of Felstead Street, Hackney, was sentenced to nine years in prison at Swindon Crown Court on 5 February 2026. Lewis Turner, 33, of Castle View Road, Chiseldon, was jailed for five years and three months on 22 January 2026. Liam Meager, 27, of Beech Avenue, Pinehurst, was jailed for four years and six months on 22 January 2026.
Wiltshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) led Operation Stonehaven, working from community intelligence. Officers witnessed a delivery linked to Milligan on 15 September 2025; a subsequent search uncovered a designer clothing bag under the stairs containing 1kg of cocaine and £23,000 was found at an associated address, according to the force. All three defendants pleaded guilty to offences connected to the supply of Class A drugs.
DS Hilton from SOCU said: “Heroin and crack cocaine are drugs that cause significant damage to both the end users, their families and the communities around them. Milligan and Turner are very well known in the Swindon ‘underworld’, and these lengthy sentences should send a message…” The force thanked members of the community for the intelligence that helped the investigation and urged people to continue reporting suspicious activity. The case forms part of the wider regional effort under Operation Scorpion, coordinated across the South West and supported by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon; police said convictions of this kind disrupt local supply though rival groups sometimes move to fill gaps left by arrests.
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