Francis (left) and Vincent Coggins (Image: NWROCU)

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Co-leader of the Huyton Firm, Francis Coggins, has been jailed for 18 years after he pleaded guilty to a series of drugs offences relating to the importation and supply of cocaine and heroin.

The 60-year-old, of The Spinney in Stockbridge Village, was based in the Dutch town of Zandvoort, where he met, negotiated and bought class A drugs at source with international suppliers and enabled the smooth passage of shipments into the UK.

The "considered and sophisticated system" saw the drugs were packaged and placed into parcels which would have UPS waybills attached. The packages were sent using genuine account numbers, predominately for unsuspecting clothing company G-Star Raw, with the waybill marked that th

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