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Scores of people have been jailed for drugs offences in Greater Manchester in 2023. Some were part of small operations. Others were cogs in are sophisticated empires with dozens of footsoldiers - or leading from the very top.

A man and woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of 'caring and generous' grandfather of nine.

A woman and man have been handed life sentences for the killing of a "caring and generous" grandfather of nine.

A Manchester University student who deliberately mowed down her fiancé in a 'jealous' act spoke five words to detectives after she was arrested.

A Salford crime lord known as 'Vlad the Impaler' is among those to be jailed in Greater Manchester this week.

A former prison officer has been found not guilty of murdering a friend on his 40th birthday.

A man who walked free from court after threatening to set his ex-girlfriend on fire went on to murder her two weeks later.

A gunman who opened fire at two separate shootings faces a lengthy jail sentence. Aaron Gray, 25 pulled the trigger at a taxi office in Salford then shot at a house in Whitefield months later.

A man accused over two shootings has told a jury he wasn't involved, insisting he was merely selling drugs. Dominic Hughes, 28, insisted he had nothing to do with the shootings, one at a taxi office in Salford and another at a house in Whitefield months later.

A woman had a gun pointed at her in a 'terrifying' shooting at a Salford taxi office, a jury has heard. Aaron Gray, 25, has gone on trial accused of being the gunman responsible for the shooting at Swan taxis.

dad begged his pal who stabbed him to not let him die before watching him run away.Darren Nolan was left in a pool of his own blood after being attacked with a pizza knife by his mate, Anthony Cousins.The 32-year-old knifeman had been drinking and taking cocaine in his house when he lashed out leaving the dad-of-two with life-threatening injuries.He fled the scene while Darren screamed "don't let me die" before being tended to by neighbours.Afterwards Cousins claimed that a gang of intruders had burst in and attacked Mr Nolan and stolen his Rolex - but admitted it was him a day before his trial, reports the Liverpool Echo.Andrew Ford, prosecuting today at Liverpool Crown Court, said: "The victim, Darren Nolan, 39, and Mr Cousins had been