A leading figure in Nottingham's notorious 'Shottingham' era is facing a new prison sentence.
Details of a major police operation that spanned Nottingham, Manchester, Spain and Dubai can now be revealed after nearly seven years.
One of the most shocking was the murder of the jeweller, Marian Bates, who was shot dead in a bungled robbery.Nottinghamshire PoliceNottinghamshire Police's Operation Encyclic began six months later, after a pump-action sawn-off shotgun was discovered in a raid on a house in Leybourne Drive in Bestwood.
In April 2018, police executed a warrant at Wendling Gardens in Bestwood, the home of Lee Hudson, Moran's nephew. The East Midlands Special Operations Unit intercepted a car driven by Sims, carrying six kilos of heroin and cocaine into Nottingham from Manchester. Documents also showed that after his release from prison, Moran had lived in a Nottingham house that was owned by Gunn, leading to speculation from some officers that the jailed crime boss was still giving orders from behind bars."In my opinion, I don't think that's what was happening," he said."I suspect he saw a vacuum in that area, saw an opportunity in the market, and seized upon it.
"We will use all the investigative tools necessary to ensure we take their so-called drugs empires away from them."Craig Moran, 42, formerly of Revelstoke Way, Rise Park, Nottingham, admitted conspiracy to transfer a prohibited weapon, conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conceal/disguise/covert/transfer/remove criminal property
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