US Edition16 Years in Prison for British Lottery Winner (80) Who Used His Winnings to Start a Drug Cartel
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The man won a million-dollar prize in 2010. A "fully industrialized drug factory" was found in the house behind his home.
An 80-year-old was sentenced to 16 years in prison for creating and leading the largest drug trafficking gang in Manchester, United Kingdom. The man, named John Eric Spiby, had won £2.4 million in the Lottery. According to the media this Thursday, Spiby, his son and two other individuals were part of an organized crime organization that manufactured camouflaged ethizolam pills such as diazepam (Valium) and traded with them between 2020 and 2022.…
He made millions of fake pills from his home and was sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison for leading the largest operation detected.
At first glance, the headline may lead to a smile. The idea of an older gentleman who gets the lottery and ends up setting up a criminal distribution network of fake pills and weapons reminds classics like Jonas Jonasson’s The Grandfather who Jumped Through the Window. Greater Manchester police, however, has described John Eric Spiby, 80, his son John Colin Spiby Jr. (37), Lee Ryan Drury (45 years old) and Callum Dorian (35 years old) as “four i…
Briton John Eric Spiby (80) has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison after using his lottery winnings of approximately €4.8 million to establish a drug cartel. For years, he produced and sold a counterfeit version of diazepam, a drug used to treat anxiety and muscle spasms. His son, John Colin (37), was also involved in the cartel and has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
John Spiby won 29 million kronor on the lottery. The 80-year-old used the money to build a criminal empire. Now he has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, writes the Telegraph.
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