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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.
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
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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 which supplied cocaine to the notorious Cullen gang 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.
The £20million shipment of drugs Their organised crime group was taken down by Cheshire Police’s Operation Kings after a series of raids in Warrington, St Helens and Widnes in September last year. Today, Tuesday, the pair and three co-conspirators were locked up at Liverpool Crown Court.
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