An alleged gang member was arrested in Spain and sent back to prison after spending three years on the run.
Clinton Blakey is suspected of being part of a crime gang trafficking weapons and ammunition from Liverpool to Leeds. The 38-year-old was extradited on a flight back to the UK on Thursday, June 8, after being arrested in a vehicle in Marbella on May 17 following a surveillance operation.
He had been on the run for three years after failing to turn up at Leeds Magistrates’ Court to face the weapons and ammunition charges in 2020. According to the National Crime Agency, Blakey is suspected of being linked to a Howa bolt-action rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition seized at a house in Leeds in 2020.
