'Parasitic' Drug Family Jailed For 82 Years

Members of a notorious family of drug dealers who ran a 24-hour business in Liverpool have been jailed with their associates for a total of 82 years and three months.

The family was kept under surveillance and after a series of raids police found large quantities of heroin and ecstasy-type tablets, many rounds of ammunition, sets of body armour, a CS gas canister and an SA80 army assault rifle.

The Whitneys and cohorts were responsible for what Merseyside Police have called a "drugs cash-and-carry business creating a massive crime wave and bringing misery to some of society's most vulnerable people."

As the police tracked the Whitneys down one by one the dealers left a trail of incriminating evidence.

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