![]() Liverpool Crown Court heard that investigators were never able to identify who was bringing in the drugs or connect the defendants to any importation and it was accepted that whoever was at the head of the gang was still at large.īut as a top lieutenant Peter McGhee (pictured) was able to afford an imposing six bedroom mansion on The Pottery in Melling. ![]() Over the course of nearly a dozen raids officers recovered:Ħ22kg of adulterants (a chemical substance) Over an 18-month period police observed nearly two dozen people either handing on drugs and cash, laundering the profits or ‘bashing’ high purity drugs down to street level deals. The conspiracy also had links with Newcastle, Carlisle and Scotland. Prosecutors said those trips were to arrange drug deals with foreign counterparts for heroin and cocaine that would eventually find its way to Merseyside. Surveillance began in late 2010 when Peter McGhee, 36, was observed making trips to Malaga and Amsterdam and later Geneva in the company of various associates. The ringleaders of the criminal organisation, investigated as Operation Webber, used dozens of mobile phones between them in order to avoid detection and one senior conspirator was seen driving as many as 24 different luxury cars in an 18-month period to fox detectives who were tailing him. ![]() A LIVERPOOL drugs gang who spent a fortune on expensive cars, watches, hot tubs and houses were jailed after police recovered more than 40kg of heroin and cocaine and nearly £1m in cash.
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