A multi-million pound money laundering operation involving a man who murdered an off-duty police officer was dismantled following a police raid on a car dealership.
The elaborate scheme, orchestrated by six men - Timmy Donovan, Arron O’Sullivan, James Vaughan, Christopher Roper, Paul Duncan and Kenneth Kean - involved laundering large sums of money derived from drug trafficking by converting it into digital currency.
The gang, primarily led by 40-year-old Donovan, would drop off vast amounts of cash at Wavertree Car Centre, in Merseyside, where 41 year old Roper was employed.
Donovan enlisted his brother-in-law, 38-year-old Vaughan, and 41-year-old O'Sullivan to collect debts and arrange cash drops.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk