Drug gang kingpin and crew are jailed for 60 years after £1.6million cocaine and cannabis empire is smashed in Liverpool
From the Newshound archive · first published 27 October 2026.
Craig Clifton, ringleader of a south Liverpool drug operation that flooded streets with cocaine, heroin and cannabis, jailed as part of a combined 60-year sentence handed to seven gang members.Merseyside Police custody photographs of Sam Murphy, Robert McGregor, Francis Stewart, Connor Whittle, Joshua De-Asha and Dylan McPartland, whose gang's raids yielded 82kg of cannabis, 4.3kg of cocaine and 0.5kg of…
Seven members of a south Liverpool drug gang have been jailed for a combined 60 years after police dismantled an operation led by ringleader Craig Clifton that flooded the streets with cocaine, heroin and cannabis from May 2022. Raids recovered 82kg of cannabis, 4.3kg of cocaine and 0.5kg of heroin worth up to £1.
Sam Murphy, Robert McGregor and Dylan McPartland were also among the gang members sentenced.
French credited the 'tenacity and dedication of the investigation team' for bringing the organised crime group down.
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