A fourth man who was a key member of a multi-million pound drugs gang, that ‘flooded’ the streets of the UK with cocaine, is finally behind bars.
Craig Costello, 39, was on the run and fled the country rather than stand trial alongside John ‘Winky’ Watson and Steven Beazley in 2021 - and he was sentenced to nine-years-and-six-months in his absence. The fourth member of the of the global drugs operation, Dave Wright, confessed to the charges before the trial began.
A court previously heard that Costello had fled to Dubai, and police issued a warrant for his arrest in October 2021. Last week he was extradited back to the UK, amid prison rumours that he was caught speeding in Amsterdam.
