An MMA champion cage fighter who went on the run ahead of his drugs trial will now face a proceeds of crime investigation that aims to seize any illegal profits made.
Darren Towler, 41, was sentenced to 24 years in prison in November 2022 after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine and amphetamine in his absence, TeessideLive reports.
Towler headed up an organised crime ring that flooded the North East with millions of pounds of import-strength cocaine, couriered in from the North West. Towler, alongside Merseyside drugs boss, Ricky Hemmings, 40, oversaw the supply of amphetamine and cannabis over the Pennines.
