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Paul Yearsley, 44, lived in a £5m, Georgian-style mansion with swimming pool and cinema, off Chorley New Road in Bolton.
He has been jailed for five years and four months after a trial at Manchester Crown Court – and he now faces losing his home and luxury cars.
A court hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act is expected to take place this year.
Yearsley organised the hand over of drugs and recruited ‘couriers’ Tony Dixon, 39, and Frederick Hoyle, 61.
Yearsley, who had claimed a disability pension since he was 28, said he funded his lavish lifestyle by selling cars and properties. But he was caught out and arrested after detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency mounted a year-long probe into his dealings.
He was arrested with Dixon and Hoyle at Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, Bolton, with 120kg of cannabis resin.
All three men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class B drugs. Members of their families wept as they were sent down."
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