Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox The head of an organised crime group has pleaded guilty to firearm and drug offences after two years on the run.
Leon Cullen, from Warrington, became one Cheshire's and the UK's most wanted men after fleeing the country in January 2018. His gang had been making nearly £300,000 a month profit from drug dealing and had an arsenal of weapons.
Cullen was detained in the United Arab Emirates on January 3rd 2020 and extradited to the UK in February this year. Now Cullen, previously of Honister Avenue in Orford, has admitted to conspiracy to supply firearms, conspiracy to possess ammunition and firearms and conspiracy to supply cocaine at
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