Overview

• Merseyside Police investigations found Shea’s network operated across the UK, trafficking at least 100 kilograms of cocaine worth about £5 million.
• Forensic accountants determined Shea personally benefited by nearly £4 million over six years while his wife Sara later received a 2½-year term for laundering approximately £118,000 of his proceeds.
• Officers seized 3,128 ecstasy tablets, amphetamine paste, a haul of cocaine and cutting agents from Shea’s lock-up garage and properties across Merseyside.
• His residences yielded a prohibited arsenal including a loaded Skorpion sub-machine gun, revolvers, a silencer, magazines and hollow-point bullets designed to expand on impact.
• The couple funded a high-end lifestyle with luxury cars, designer goods and corporate hospitality at international sporting events from Monaco to Barbados.