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Award-winning businessman unmasked as drug dealer after 'astonishing' fall from grace

Carl Jones was hailed as a rising star in the business world before his double life was exposed

Manchester Evening News

Lanarkshire dog breeder found with almost £75k worth of drugs in his office

Scott Bennett was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing in August

Daily Record

Lanarkshire dog breeder is drug dealing gangster linked to organised crime

Scott Bennett pled guilty at the High Court today to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis at his controversial vet and fertility practice, which was targeted in a firebomb attack last year.

Glasgow Live

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Scots dog breeder led secret life as drug dealer using burner phone

Scott Bennett, 41, was snared after police became aware of animal welfare concerns at his company Platinum Pet Care and K9 Fertility in Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

Faces of nine people jailed in Liverpool this week

An overview of court cases in our region this week

Liverpool Echo

Paul Stenson murder trial: what jurors heard this week

Adam Fletcher is currently on trial for dad-of-two Mr Stenson's murder

Liverpool Echo

'Proud dad' unmasked as Encrochat dealer 'Diorpaw' who moved 30kgs of cocaine

John Digweed sent messages to other drug dealers about his children and their birthday parties

Liverpool Echo

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The fatal mistakes, from selfies to Conor McGregor murals, that brought down these drug kingpins

The hacking of the phone service has brought many criminals to the dock.

Manchester Evening News

Conor McGregor, selfies and the fatal mistakes that landed EncroChat dealers in jail

The supposedly uncrackable phone service gave high level drugs traffickers a false sense of security

Liverpool Echo

Drugs kingpin unmasked after sharing pictures of huge Conor McGregor mural at his house on encrypted chat

Ryan Palin was involved in a conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine.

Manchester Evening News

Cocaine kingpin brought down by Conor McGregor mural on wall

Ryan Palin was involved in a conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Encro dealer spun web of crime from Netherlands to Ecuador

He tried to move millions of euros from Amsterdam to South America and inquired about sourcing kilos of heroin and cocaine from the Netherlands

Liverpool Echo

Gangster's girlfriend jailed after taking 'enormous risk' by couriering SIX guns for Cheetham Hill gang

Holly Caldwell drove to Luton at the height of lockdown with six deadly Grand Power guns in her boot

Manchester Evening News

Ruthless gang boss 'AceProspect' remains unidentified after wave of violence

Deli mob thug Jonathan Gordon was recruited to inflict catastrophic injuries on his targets

Liverpool Echo

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Liverpool Echo

Mum of gun thug 'foot-soldier' shouts 'I love you son' as he is jailed

Dylan Johnston shot up a house and was hired to douse a man in acid before the plot was aborted

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat dealer 'ChopperReid' ordered to pay back £40,000 or face longer behind bars

The 29-year-old profited by £335,395 from his drug dealing but had a fraction of that left

Manchester Evening News

'My skin felt like jelly': Dad's hell after gangland enforcer hurled acid in his face in 'wicked' attack

'As I washed my face it felt as if my skin was falling off my face'

Daily Record

Dad who had acid launched at him felt 'skin turn to jelly' after hitman blinded him for money

Gang member Jonathan Gordon, 34, charged £6,000 for an acid attack, which rose to £10,000 to permanently blind the victim.

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Liverpool Echo

Acid attack dad felt 'skin turn to jelly' after Deli Mob hitman blinded him for money

Jonathan Gordon 'reached the depths of inhumanity' as he charged up to £10,000 to blind someone

Chronicle Live

Gateshead drugs gang boss who made more than £125,000 must pay back less than £15,000 of dirty cash

Ryan O'Connor, of Gateshead, was jailed last year for his leading role in a cocaine and heroin supply network

Liverpool Echo

Encrochat dealer 'Battle-Hawk' hid cocaine block in kitchen cupboard

Michael Doyle is now behind bars after admitting conspiracy to supply heroin, amphetamine and cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Drug boss wanted ambulance to help transport cocaine during lockdown

Martin Grant began using the EncroChat network days after he was released from prison

Manchester Evening News

Shame of former cricket starlet who helped plan huge drugs plot under the nickname 'Terry Venables'

Nicholas Doyle, Michalis Papangelis and Daniel Moscrop have been locked up

Liverpool Echo

Bouncy castles and Smirnoff Ice pictures on Encro gangster's phone

Martin Grant was managing director of health and safety company SSC from September 2019 to January 2020

Liverpool Echo

Kidnap, acid attacks and the downfall of the brutal 'Deli Mob' class of 2011

As the latest Deli Mob gangland villain prepares to face decades behind bars, the ECHO looks back at one of the city's most feared street gangs

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