Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told
Judge jails John Eric Spiby and three others who police said were part of gang running operation worth up to £288mAn 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...
<p>Judge jails John Eric Spiby and three others who police said were part of gang running operation worth up to £288m</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/29/wigan-lottery-winner-counterfeit-drugs-empire-court">Continue reading...</a>
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