A drug lord was reportedly beaten in a Dubai prison and was forced to brush his teeth with soap after fleeing the UK in a desperate attempt to evade capture.
Leon Cullen, a major cocaine and gun supplier in Liverpool and other towns in the northwest and Wales, used a fake passport to try and escape justice in 2018.
It was rumoured he spent time in Spain and Thailand, but he was eventually caught hiding in Dubai where he was arrested on January 3, 2020, Liverpool Echo reports.
While in jail in Dubai, Cullen was "severely beaten as a hood was placed on his head", according to his barrister Oliver Cook.
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