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.
Dad of three didn t know he had £1m of cocaine in his car
He claimed he was a very small cog but actually made 53 trips for drug bosses
20:30, 21 APR 2021
Anwar Rahim, then 38, from Liverpool, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
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By Adam Everett
- Members of a major drugs gang are set to be sentenced this morning
- The ring was led by the Tobin brothers, who sat at the ‘very top of the chain’ in the supply of class A substances
- Their organised crime group sold cocaine to the notorious Cullen gang and ordered a £20million shipment be trafficked across the country to Warrington
- The defendants falling to be sentenced are:
• Alan Tobin, aged 51, of Regency Park in Widnes
• John Tobin, aged 40, of no fixed address
• Robbie Broughton, aged 38, of Breccia Gardens in St Helens
• Simon Leech, aged 29, of Brindley Avenue in Latchford, Warrington
By Adam Everett
- Members of a major drugs gang are set to be sentenced this morning
- The ring was led by the Tobin brothers, who sat at the ‘very top of the chain’ in the supply of class A substances
- Their organised crime group sold cocaine to the notorious Cullen gang and ordered a £20million shipment be trafficked across the country to Warrington
- The defendants falling to be sentenced are:
• Alan Tobin, aged 51, of Regency Park in Widnes
• John Tobin, aged 40, of no fixed address
• Robbie Broughton, aged 38, of Breccia Gardens in St Helens
• Simon Leech, aged 29, of Brindley Avenue in Latchford, Warrington
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.