Eleven people have been jailed after a 'crime family' which pushed millions of pounds worth of drugs onto the streets was dismantled.
Fourteen people have been convicted from the major organised crime group, including a 72-year-old woman nicknamed 'grandma', who told police 'cross my heart and hope to die' as she denied her involvement.
Officers began an investigation into the operations of James Mulligan two years ago. At the time, he was the head of an organised crime group suspected to be supplying drugs across the North West and North Wales.
Greater Manchester Police says that beneath him were a 'string of associates who each had their own role to play', but over time they became 'too comfortable with their patterns and routines'.
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