'Hardworking' dad joined prolific Tameside drug racket to fund his own addiction after injury left him in 'constant pain'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Tameside news sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here A 'hardworking' dad has been jailed for his role in a prolific drug racket which flooded the streets of Tameside with cocaine and heroin.
Steven Avery, 36, acted as a street dealer for an organised crime group, which was headed up by career criminal Richard Southward.
Ring leader, Southward, 41, was jailed for 15 years last month, after the gang were busted by police, who seized £200,000 worth of drugs from his home, as well as £33,000 in cash. Read more:Family devastated by sudden death of 'healthy, fit' schoolgirl Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Avery, a dad-of-one with no criminal record, became involved with the operation after racking up his own drug debts.
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