'They thought they ran a well-organised operation and would never be caught'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cocky gang who trafficked crack cocaine and heroin from Cheetham Hill filmed themselves flashing a Rolex and wads of cash before their drugs empire came crashing down.
The Max drugs line plotted to flood the streets of Accrington, in Lancashire, with Class A drugs that had been shipped in from Cheetham Hill.
Gang leader Hasnain Ashraf sent drugs runner Lewis Lord to collect huge amounts of drugs from his Cheetham Hill-based associates, Lloyd Spencer and Sameer Amin, on multiple occasions between September 2022 and June 2023. READ MORE "This will be the end of you": Man's chilling words to wife after stabbing her with TWO knives and going on the run Lord then recorded incriminating videos of himself and his fellow drug runners, Joseph Oakes and Aston Johnson, preparing the drugs to be sold.
They boasted as they showed off huge wads of cash on tables and a Rolex watch and filmed one another preparing the drugs. As the trio bagged up drugs, they then recruited Paul Moxham to sell them on their behalf.
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