'I met Curtis Warren in Strangeways - these are the two words I'd use to describe him'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former associate of infamous drug trafficker Curtis Warren has shed light on the character of the Liverpool-born criminal after they spent time together in prison.
Stephen Mee, a convicted drug smuggler, encountered Warren while on remand in Strangeways, describing the time he first met the Manchester-born felon when facing a significant prison sentence himself.
Mee then managed to escape custody on the M62 during transport by coach for his sentencing, followed by absconding via a private plane to Holland.
Meanwhile, Warren, whose trial for the alleged plot to bring 1,000kg of cocaine into the UK failed in 1993, also decamped to the Netherlands, where he and Mee reunited. READ MORE: Mum 36 weeks pregnant handed shocking diagnosis after getting symptom checked The duo promptly entered the smuggling trade together until 1996 when the law caught up with them due to 'Operation Crayfish'.
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