FOOTAGE of drugs boss Curtis Warren being arrested just months after he was released from prison has been issued by the UK’s National Crime Agency.
The Liverpool-born gangster, now aged 60, was jailed for 13 years by the Royal Court in 2009 for trying to execute what at the time would have been the Island’s biggest drugs importation.
He was later sentenced to an additional ten years for refusing to pay a £198 million confiscation order, and was eventually released last autumn with some of the toughest restrictions ever faced by a criminal.
NCA officers have arrested a 60-year-old man from Liverpool on suspicion of breaching his Serious Crime Prevention Order.
He was detained at a location in South Tyneside, just before 6am this morning and is now being questioned.
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A Serious Crime Prevention Order imposed on his released included restrictions on:
*Travel outside England and Wales.
*Access to communication devices and the internet.
*His ability to borrow money, make transfers, hold trusts or shares, and use foreign or virtual currency.
*Holding assets or property valued at more than £1,000.
*And being involved in commercial imports and exports.
Warren was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of breaching the order.
Alison Abbott, from the NCA’s Lifetime Management of Offenders Team, said: ‘These court orders are vital tools for preventing and deterring future offending.
‘Once criminals come onto our radar, they never leave, and the NCA will take action over breaches.’
Breach of a serious crime prevention order is a criminal offence subject to a maximum sentence of five years, an unlimited fine, or both.
The NCA did not name Warren but confirmed that a 60-year-old man had been arrested in South Tyneside.
