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Little Birdy
Little Birdy were an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O Donoghue. They gained public attention when their single Relapse gained popularity on alternative radio stations such as Triple J, leading them to be signed by the record label Eleven: A Music Company. They released three studio albums (all three of which entered the top ten in the ARIA charts), two EPs, and ten singles.
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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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image captionAlan and John Tobin led a lavish lifestyle before their drugs empire was toppled, police said
Two drug-dealing brothers at the centre of a record £20m cocaine haul seized by police have been jailed.
The 2019 operation on the M6 motorway in Cheshire was the biggest ever UK land-based cocaine seizure at the time.
Police found ringleaders Alan and John Tobin, aged 52 and 40, were the brains behind sending the drugs to two Warrington-based drug gangs.
Alan was jailed for 20 years while his brother was sentenced to 19 years and eight months at Liverpool Crown Court.
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