A drug baron who ran a cocaine and firearms trafficking ring worth £300,000 per month with his twin brother fell into demise after being caught in Dubai. Leon Cullen had already ‘masterminded’ an 18-man drugs cartel by his early 20s, before being caged as part of a major operation.
After he was released from prison he was quickly back to his old ways and back in business with his brother Anthony. Leon splashed the cash on a Maserati as his financial empire grew.
However, police were onto the Cullens’ crew, and Leon would go on to spend two years at large as Warrington’s most wanted man before finally being detained by police in the United Arab Emirates in January 2020. A string of shootings and grenade attacks were linked to the 34-year-old following his absconding, the Liverpool Echo reports.
