‌Michele Stuart-Lofthouse, prosecuting, said that Moss and Brown were involved in a cocaine supplying operation. The police launched an investigation, Operation Barbados, into the supply of cocaine in the Beverley and East Riding area. Another man's home was searched and cocaine weighing 3.5g was found along with zip-up bags containing a white residue. ‌Judge Tahir Khan KC said that Moss and Brown played a significant role in the cocaine supply enterprise but there was a dispute about the scale of their involvement. The prosecution claimed that 10.4kg of cocaine was involved but this was "in excess of the amount".