Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#7366V)
Judge jails John Eric Spiby and three others who police said were part of gang running operation worth up to 288m
An 80-year-old man who won 2.4m on the national lottery helped build a multimillion pound drug empire that involved manufacturing counterfeit tablets on an industrial scale, a court has heard.
John Eric Spiby was the leader of a drugs operation worth up to 288m that centred around his quiet rural" home near Wigan, Manchester crown court heard.
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