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Seven members of a drugs gang led by Thomas Campbell before his murder have been sentenced for their part in a £1.6m cocaine supply racket.

Thomas Campbell was brutally murdered in his own home in Mossley, Tameside , in 2022, after his ex-wife plotted with a gang of robbers who pounced on him as he walked into his home.

Following his death, his brother Lee Campbell 'took control' as the head of the Campbell organised crime group, prosecutor Emma Swindel told Manchester Crown Court on Friday.

The hearing ended with Lee Campbell, 43, and six other members of the gang being sentenced for their part in a £1.6m plot to supply class A drugs in north Manchester and Tameside.

Police launched Operation Kilowatt into the Campbell family organised crime group whose 'principle'

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