‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason, 65, who had moniker Queen Bee', and seven members of her network sentenced to total of 106.5 years

A family-run organised crime group, orchestrated by a 65-year-old described by police as a gangster granny", has been sentenced for dealing drugs with a street value of 80m across the UK.

Deborah Mason, who had the moniker Queen Bee", and seven other members of the gang, were sentenced at Woolwich crown court in London on Friday for their involvement in supplying nearly a tonne of cocaine over seven months.