A drugs boss who conspired to flood Tyneside with millions of pounds of Class A drugs has died during his prison sentence.
Leslie Moulden spent a year on the run from the law after he was caught red-handed with over £2m of cocaine as he spearheaded a lucrative drug ring with the help of a pal he'd met in jail. But he was eventually brought to justice handed 16 years behind bars in 2019.
Now Moulden, formerly of Wallsend, has died in hospital at the age of 62. The cause of his death has not been confirmed.
