Richard Wakeling, who has a prosthetic lower right leg, was on the 'most wanted' list of the National Crime Agency. He was arrested in February this year.
A one-legged British organised crime boss has been jailed following extradition from Thailand after five years on the run., was found guilty of attempting to import £8m worth of liquid amphetamine - a class B drug, into the UK in 2016.
Wakeling fled in 2018 before his trial was due to begin and was sentenced to 11 years in his absence at Chelmsford Crown Court. He only arrived back in the UK on Thursday 1 June and the day after was immediately jailed for 11 years, the National Crime Agency said.at a Bangkok garage as he went to collect his car after repair, The NCA said.The drug peddler, who had been living in the beachside town of Hua Hin, was in possession of a passport for another identity at the time of his arrest.
Wakeling's organised crime group had been on the NCA's radar since April 2016 after Border Force officers stopped a truck loaded with drums carrying the drugs as it boarded a Channel Tunnel train.
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