Curtis Warren was arrested at the house of a prison officer jailed for having an affair with the drug dealer when he was behind bars.
Warren, 60, was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday, July 5 by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers on suspicion of breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order. The order came into force in November 2022 after his release from Whitemoor Prison, Cambridgeshire, where he served the end of a 14 years for drug trafficking offences.
The NCA said the alleged breaches "relate to the unauthorised use of mobile phones, vehicles, bank accounts and travel". The NCA yesterday released footage of officers battering the front door of a house in Boldon Colliery.