A man who once played in the Champions League became a prolific drug dealer who flooded a city with heroin and crack cocaine.
John Lawless had a promising lower-league career as a midfielder who played UEFA Champions League football against Liverpool before going on to manage.
But it has been revealed that Lawless, 39, was leading a double life as one of Hull's most prolific drug dealers, as Hull Live reports. Read more: He ran a county lines gang from Liverpool, from where he flooded the East Yorkshire city with heroin and crack cocaine.
The former footballer was part of the so-called Liverpool 'Scouse J' gang who were one of Humberside Police's top targets to combat drugs in Hull.
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