A man who previously scammed football fans with fake tickets continued "peddling misery" on the streets after police caught him dealing drugs.

Craig O'Donohue, 39, had not long been out of prison on May 16, 2024, police found 30 packages of crack cocaine and eight packages of heroin in a Mercedes on Dale Street in Liverpool city centre after being alerted to suspected drug dealing by CCTV operators.

O'Donohue, the front seat passenger in the car, was found in a William Hill betting shop nearby, the Liverpool ECHO reports .

It was also revealed that in 2015 O'Donohue, of Curate Road in Anfield, had been jailed for his part in selling Liverpool FC fans fraudulent tickets in a scam worth £100,000.

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