Gang caught out after what police found hidden in car on the M5

Police stopped the car on the M5 motorway last year13:27, 29 Jul 2026Updated 13:27, 29 Jul 2026A crime boss and five gang members who supplied more than £2.4 million worth of class A drugs across the country have been jailed for more than 36 years.‌Six members of the Liverpool-based organised crime group, responsible for the large-scale distribution of controlled class A drugs and laundering of criminal profits, were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, Monday, July 29. Their plot was headed by Carl Thornhill, who acted as the central figure within the group and would courier and facilitate the movement of class A and class B drugs across the UK.‌A Merseyside Police investigation brought the scale of the conspiracy, which extended as far as Nottingham and Kent, to light. It was revea