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Nine-strong drugs gang who raked in millions by flooding tourist towns with heroin and cocaine

The group, headed by 37-year-old ringleader Ian Spackman, flooded Blackpool and Cumbria with the drugs and hid 'county line' crimes behind plumbing firm

A NINE-strong drugs gang raked in millions by flooding tourist towns with heroin and cocaine.

The group, headed by 37-year-old ringleader Ian Spackman, set up a plumbing firm to hide their crimes, a court was told.

Merseyside Police mugshot of drugs kingpin Ian Spackman who got jailed for 17 years and four months
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Merseyside Police mugshot of drugs kingpin Ian Spackman who got jailed for 17 years and four monthsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

Working out of Liverpool, they flooded Blackpool and Cumbria with the drugs, as well as the North East and Europe — supplying smaller dealers.

Prosecutor Stephen McNally told Liverpool crown court: “The tentacles of the organisation reached around England and even internationally.

“The quantities were substantial.” The gang’s earnings are unknown but estimated at millions.

Spackman, of Maghull, Merseyside, was jailed for 17 years and four months. Other sentences ranged from 7½ to 22 years.

Liverpool drugs gang member Marc Campbell
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Liverpool drugs gang member Marc CampbellCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Mugshot of John Carey, who was a member of the nine-strong gang
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Mugshot of John Carey, who was a member of the nine-strong gangCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Gary Unsworth of the same drugs gang that were jailed for a total of 130 years
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Gary Unsworth of the same drugs gang that were jailed for a total of 130 yearsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Wayne Franklin was also operating out of Liverpool with his fellow drug traffickers
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Wayne Franklin was also operating out of Liverpool with his fellow drug traffickersCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Paul Mulvaney was among the nine sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court
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Paul Mulvaney was among the nine sentenced at Liverpool Crown CourtCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Tom Collins was sentenced with the rest of the gang for trafficking 'substantial quantities' of drugs
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Tom Collins was sentenced with the rest of the gang for trafficking 'substantial quantities' of drugsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
James Gannon, another member of the organisation whose 'tentacles reached around England and internationally'
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James Gannon, another member of the organisation whose 'tentacles reached around England and internationally'Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Paul Hornby, member of the drugs gang who raked in millions
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Paul Hornby, member of the drugs gang who raked in millionsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

 

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