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Clockwise from top left; Alan Tobin, John Tobin, Brian McQuillan, Robbie Broughton and Simon Leech MEMBERS of a major drugs ring have been jailed for a combined total of more than 60 years. The Tobin brothers’ organised crime group also ordered a £20million shipment of the class A drug be trafficked across the country and supplied a number of other top gangs.
The £20million shipment of drugs Their organised crime group was taken down by Cheshire Police’s Operation Kings after a series of raids in Widnes, Warrington and St Helens in September last year. Today, Tuesday, the pair and three co-conspirators were locked up at Liverpool Crown Court.
Drug empire that used cage fighter The Bear as enforcer sold drugs to North East gangs
Former UFC competitor Robbie The Bear Broughton enforced debts and collected payments
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Former MMA fighter Rob Broughton (Image: Getty)
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A cage fighter nicknamed The Bear was the enforcer for an empire in which drugs were sold to gangs in the North East.
UFC cage fighter The Bear was enforcer for Brit cartel s £20m cocaine empire
Cage fighter Robbie The Bear Broughton, who enforced debts and collected payments for notorious gang leaders, has been sentenced to eight years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court
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Robbie Broughton, 38, was jailed for eight and a half years for conspiracy to supply cocaine. (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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Cage fighter The Bear was enforcer for cocaine empire
The ex UFC star was muscle for the Tobin brothers whose £20m stash was seized on the M6
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Former MMA fighter Rob Broughton worked as the enforcer for a drugs empire.
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Cage fighter The Bear was enforcer for cocaine empire that sold drugs to gangs in Scotland
Liverpool brothers Alan and John Tobin supplied vast amounts of Class A drugs from Merseyside to gangs across Scotland.
Former MMA fighter Rob Broughton worked as the enforcer for a drugs empire
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