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Seven members of a drugs gang led by a slain crime boss have been sentenced for their part in a £1.6m cocaine supply racket.

Thomas Campbell, 38, was brutally murdered in July 2022 after his ex-wife, Coleen Campbell, plotted with a gang of robbers who pounced on him as he walked into his own home.

Following his death, his older brother Lee Campbell 'took control' as the head of the Campbell organised crime group, prosecutor Emma Swindel told Manchester Crown Court on Friday (November 7).

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 Greater Manchester.

Police launched Operation Kilowatt into the Campbell family organised crime group whose 'principal' member was Thomas C

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