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A former OCG member has now been ordered to pay back millions of pounds under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
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Yesterday (Wednesday 5 November) a Birmingham man was sentenced for a series of offences involving the use of drones to smuggle drugs and prohibited items into prisons across the country, following a joint investigation by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) and Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
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Yesterday (Tuesday 21st October), two men were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for conspiring to convey prohibited items into prisons using drones.
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Police have renewed an appeal for information to help locate a convicted drug dealer who is wanted by Police after failing to appear at court for sentencing.
Officers have seized hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of industrial equipment believed to be used in the production of cannabis ‘shatter’.
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Today (Wednesday 15 October) at Manchester Crown Court, a man from Manchester has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for a series of drugs offences following an investigation by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
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A gang which imported 1.5kg of heroin with an estimated street value of more than £280,000 hidden inside the walls of a pressure cooker has been handed long prison sentences.
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Yesterday (Thursday 3 October), a 43 year old man from Merseyside was charged with drug and firearms offences following an investigation by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
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A group of criminals from the North East who oversaw the importation of large amounts of cocaine – including loads concealed in empty gas cannisters – have been sentenced to a total of more than 141 years’ imprisonment.
A man wanted in connection with a major drug conspiracy has been extradited from Belgium and returned to the UK.