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.
A cocaine boss was shot on his doorstep over debt to an underworld crime queen dubbed The Banker after police seized £20million of his drugs in the UK s biggest-ever land seizure, a court has heard.
Liverpool brothers John and Alan Tobin sold vast amounts of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine to notorious gangs across the country backed by their enforcer , ex-cage fighter Robbie The Bear Broughton.
But their highly profitable business was dealt a fatal blow when police seized a van, containing 186kg of 90 per cent pure cocaine, on the M6 in August 2018.
It can now be revealed that debts to a mystery figure known only as The Banker led to John Tobin, 40, being shot outside his home in Prescot last year.
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
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Cage fighter was the muscle for gang whose cocaine empire supplied dealers in North Wales
Ex UFC star Rob Broughton, nicknamed The Bear worked as the enforcer for the Tobin brothers
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A former MMA cage fighter nicknamed The Bear was the muscle for a drug empire that served North Wales before it was busted when police seized £20m of cocaine on the motorway.