Leon Cullen: Last News

A gangster who led a £300,000-a-month cocaine and firearms trafficking ring told a court "it's not a big deal" as his Rolex watch was seized.

A mum who transferred more than £6,000 to her drug dealing boyfriend in Dubai has dodged prison.

A mum who sent over £6,000 to her drug dealing boyfriend in Dubai has been spared jail and told to pay back just £150 instead.

money to her partner in Dubai who was wanted by police in the UK in relation to a gangland shooting.25-year-old Annie Webster arranged for £6,066.85 to be sent over to her boyfriend Shawn O'Malley who was linked by police to a shooting in September 2019 when a house was pelted with bullets.Police suspected that O'Malley may have been involved and may have even organised the shooting on behalf of Warrington based criminal Leon Cullen.

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A well-known drug dealer was wired thousands of pounds by his partner after fleeing the country following a vicious gangland shooting that saw a house sprayed with bullets.Annie Webster, 25, sent £6,066.85 to her partner Shawn O'Malley after he fled to Dubai, after he was linked to a shooting in Bolton on September 9 2019 by police.Police suspected that O'Malley organised the shooting on behalf of Warrington criminal Leon Cullen.

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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.

Scots gangs. Liverpool brothers Alan and John Tobin supplied vast amounts of Class A drugs from Merseyside to gangs across Scotland, England and Wales.

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direct to your inboxA man from Warrington has been extradited to the UK from the United Arab Emirates - after being on the run for two years.Police say Leon Cullen, 33, is suspected to be the head of an organised crime group and is charged with supplying firearms and class A drugs.Mr Cullen, one of Cheshire Police’s most wanted, was arrested in a joint operation by Cheshire Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit, the National Crime Agency (NCA), the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), Interpol and police authorities in the UAE.He was detained in Dubai on January 3, 2020, after leaving the UK in January 2018, and was brought back to the UK by officers from the National Extradition Unit on February 19 this year.Today