John Tobin: Last News

Criminals from Manchester and Liverpool plotted to have an enemy "carved up" inside prison. Details of the conspiracy emerged at a court case earlier this week.

major cocaine boss who lived a life of luxury thanks to her husbands ill-gotten-gains has been jailed. Helen Hartley, 35, who married Alan Tobin in Lake Garda, Italy, followed by a two-week £10,000 honeymoon - confessed she possessed criminal property but a court heard that she continues to deny wrongdoing, Liverpool Echo reports.

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drug empire crumbled after cops seized a £20m consignment of cocaine. John and Alan Tobin supplied cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine to notorious gangs across Scotland, England and Wales.The brothers, backed up by ex-UFC star Robbie 'The Bear' Broughton as their "enforcer", used the cash to fund their lavish lifestyles.

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convicted of being a top ranking drug kingpin in Liverpool.Alan and his brother John Tobin supplied dangerous gun-wielding gangs across the country with hundreds of kilos of drugs from cocaine to heroine.The drug barrens finally met their comeuppance when police targeted a van containing 186kg of 90% pure cocaine while it travelled up the M6Part of their crew included a cage fighter nicknamed "The Bear" who was the "enforcer" for the brother's drug empireThe defence put forward by Alan's lawyers was that the 52-year-old only became involved in crime as a way to support his five children, reports the Liverpool Echo.According to his lawyer, Julian Nutter, after working in numerous jobs growing up Alan developed a passion for mental health

Scots gangs. Liverpool brothers Alan and John Tobin supplied vast amounts of Class A drugs from Merseyside to gangs across Scotland, England and Wales.