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UFC cage fighter 'The Bear' was enforcer for Brit cartel's £20m cocaine empire
Liverpool Echo reports.The Tobins were backed up by former UFC competitor Robbie 'The Bear' Broughton, who enforced debts and collected payments from notorious gang leaders.Liverpool Crown Court today heard the 6ft 2in, 18st heavyweight moved an estimated £30m of cash and used an encrypted EncroChat phone with the handle "NovaBear".Judge Garrett Byrne today said the married dad-of-two was the "muscle" for the gang and said: "I've no doubt you have a keen sense of letting your family down."Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said the Tobins ran a "criminally sophisticated, highly profitable and well-organised business" for more than four years, between 2016 and 2020.Alan, 52, of Regency Park, Widnes, and John, 40, formerly of Manor Road, Prescot, had