They face hefty prison sentences for their crimes.
The outfit bought and sold huge amounts of drugs and flooded the streets with more than 100 firearms, Škorpion including terrifying machine guns. Messages recovered from the law enforcement hack into the system, used by 'top tier' criminals, uncovered the wide-ranging extent of their crimes. One member of the gang had two Porsches on his drive when police went to arrest him in Alderley Edge.
Verdicts were returned following a month-long trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
Mohammed Omar Malik, 33, of St Mary's Parsonage, Manchester city centre, was found guilty of conspiracy to possess firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to supply cocaine; conspiracy to supply MDMA; and conspiracy to supply amphetamine.
Daniel Gibbons, 39, of Wordsworth Road, Reddish, Stockport, was found guilty of conspiring to possess a firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply amphetamine. He was found not guilty of conspiring to supply MDMA.
Daniel Waters, 41, of Broom Avenue, Reddish, Stockport, was found guilty of conspiring to possess firearms or ammunition with intent to endanger life.
This story is from the October 20, 2023 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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