Michael Moogan initially disappeared after a raid on a café in Rotterdam, Holland, in October 2013 which was suspected of being a front for meetings between drug traffickers and international cartels.
Working with the Dutch National Crime Squad, the National Crime Agency (NCA) became aware of information allegedly linking Moogan and two other British men to the Café de Ketel – a business closed to the public which could only be entered via a security system. Investigators believe the café was the hub for a conspiracy to bring hundreds of kilos of cocaine into the UK every week.
Michael Moogan, from Croxteth, had been on the run for eight years before his arrest in Dubai earlier this year. He had featured in a most wanted fugitives campaign and was arrested in Dubai as part of a joint operation between the NCA, Dubai Police and Interpol in Abu Dhabi.
