How the 'real-life Scarface' duped police and earnt a Royal pardon in extraordinary plot
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHe was the 'Real-life Scarface'. A top-tier drugs smuggler who ran an international heroin racket in cahoots with the Turkish mafia.
But to the law John Haase was a prime asset, a 'super grass' who they thought would help them dismantle one of the North West's most notorious drugs gangs.
In actual fact it was all an act. Haase had only appeared to turn the tables and become an informant of the highest quality for the police and customs officials.
Little did anyone know Haase had spun a staggering web of deceit to convince legal officials he was on the government's side when really he was feeding fake information. READ MORE: 'My life with Curtis Warren and the Cali Cartel' Haase and his nephew Paul Bennett not only had their prison terms slashed but were infamously granted a Royal pardon.
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