It was Liverpool crown court that saw 58 year old Philip Baron plead guilty to importing cocaine and cannabis and money laundering. Police said the smuggling operation he led was among the 10 biggest ever uncovered in the UK with 89 arrests and 30 people sentenced for various offences.
Today we look at how the gang were successful - and how they were caught.
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Sources
https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/12/02/accountant-jailed-laundering-drugs-money/
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/barons-life-of-luxury-the-english-gent-who-ran-drug-empire-from-here/29158703.html
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14254875.bolton-millionaire-drug-dealer-fails-to-overturn-conviction-with-entrapment-claim/
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016-05-19/drugs-lord-who-made-millions-ordered-to-pay-back-112-000
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21897186
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344612/Drug-gang-kingpin-Philip-Baron-nicknamed-Butlin-comparing-Spanish-prison-holiday-camp.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21924454
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21897186
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-22989211
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/philip-baron-kingpin-behind-britains-1972828
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349109/Millionaire-drug-baron-Paul-Yearsley-arrested-magazine-mansion-photoshoot.html
https://www.macclesfield-live.co.uk/news/local-news/jailed-money-laundering-accountant-wilmslow-2529279
Today we look at how the gang were successful - and how they were caught.
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June in South Shields
https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/
Buy tickets for my live show on 3 June in Birmingham
https://www.glee.co.uk/performer/murder-aint-easy-an-evening-of-true-crime/
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Join me in Sheffield on 7 September
https://armchairdetectiveswanted.com/events
Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/12/02/accountant-jailed-laundering-drugs-money/
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/barons-life-of-luxury-the-english-gent-who-ran-drug-empire-from-here/29158703.html
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14254875.bolton-millionaire-drug-dealer-fails-to-overturn-conviction-with-entrapment-claim/
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016-05-19/drugs-lord-who-made-millions-ordered-to-pay-back-112-000
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21897186
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344612/Drug-gang-kingpin-Philip-Baron-nicknamed-Butlin-comparing-Spanish-prison-holiday-camp.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21924454
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-21897186
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-22989211
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/philip-baron-kingpin-behind-britains-1972828
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349109/Millionaire-drug-baron-Paul-Yearsley-arrested-magazine-mansion-photoshoot.html
https://www.macclesfield-live.co.uk/news/local-news/jailed-money-laundering-accountant-wilmslow-2529279
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