Underworld crime bosses decade of drug misery now over with crime empire in tatters
The evil trade of notorious brothers Alan and John Tobin, Anthony and Leon Cullen, the two Jamies and jail cell dealer Lee Stoba is now exposed
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Alan Tobin, 52, of Regency Park, Widnes, and John Tobin, 40, formerly of Manor Road, Prescot
An underworld crime network propped up by threats, guns and huge amounts of drugs being ferried around the UK now lies in tatters after the secret lives of major gangland bosses were systematically exposed.
High-level drug dealing, originating from Warrington and Widnes, had its tentacles draped into England, Scotland and Wales with a cabal of criminals making huge profits as their products wreaked misery for addicts in communities across Britain for almost a decade.
Cocaine brothers moaned we wud b millionaires by now
EncroChat messages show the Tobins blamed nuggets for costing them a drug empire with mystery Colombian connections
08:55, 24 APR 2021
The Tobin brothers Alan Tobin, 52, (left) and John Tobin, 40, (right)
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Two brothers who ran a drug empire moaned they would have been millionaires if it wasn t for nuggets who let them down.
Huge nationwide operation masterminded by Alan and John Tobin of Liverpool
The brothers were backed up by former martial arts star Robbie Broughton
Anthony and Leon Cullen and Jamie Oldroyd s firm were among their customers
The Tobins ordered the transport of a stash of drugs from Kent to Warrington
But police intercepted the van, carrying 186kg of up to 90 per cent pure cocaine
The brothers and The Bear - drugs gang jailed over £20m cocaine haul found in van on the M6
Alan and John Tobin had been running a smooth and successfully profitable criminal organisation which saw them supply well-known gangs in the North West with drugs
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Two brothers who attempted to deliver £20m of cocaine to organised crime groups in the north west have been jailed.
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