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

The police team which took down the Huyton Firm believe they have dismantled the group for good after caging its two co-leaders - Francis and Vincent Coggins. The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) senior investigating officer believes his team have punched a considerable hole in the region's class A drug supply by removing the upper echelons of the crime group and their lieutenants.

And Detective Chief Inspector David Worthington also hinted at the level the Stockbridge Village -based gang was operating at, revealing how older brother Francis Coggins was "a conduit between the international drug dealers", acting as "the first line supplier into the UK".

DCI Worthington spoke to the ECHO as Francis Coggins, 60, wa

See Full Page