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Drugs baron guilty over £1m plot Drugs baron guilty over £1m plot
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A drugs baron has been found guilty of conspiring to import £1m of cannabis into Jersey by boat from Amsterdam.A drugs baron has been found guilty of conspiring to import £1m of cannabis into Jersey by boat from Amsterdam.
Jurors at Jersey Royal Court convicted Curtis Warren of conspiring to import a controlled drug in 2007. Jurors at Jersey Royal Court convicted Merseyside gangster Curtis Warren of conspiring to import a controlled drug.
During the two-week trial the court had heard that Mr Warren, 46, of Liverpool, wanted to flood the drugs market in Jersey. During the two-week trial the court had heard that Mr Warren, 46, of Liverpool, wanted to flood the Jersey drugs market with cannabis.
Jurors are still deliberating on verdicts relating to five other men accused of the same charge. Jurors also found five other men, accused of working with Mr Warren, guilty of the same charge.
John Welsh, 43, also from Liverpool, James O'Brien, 45, of Glasgow, Jason Woodward, 22, of Dartford, Paul Hunt, 27, and Oliver Lucas, 23, denied the conspiracy to import drugs. John Welsh, 43, also from Liverpool, James O'Brien, 45, of Glasgow, Jason Woodward, 22, of Dartford, Kent, Paul Hunt, 27, and Oliver Lucas, 23, had denied a charge of conspiring to import drugs.
During the trial the court heard how the gang planned to buy 180kg of cannabis in Amsterdam and bring it into an isolated cove in Jersey by boat.During the trial the court heard how the gang planned to buy 180kg of cannabis in Amsterdam and bring it into an isolated cove in Jersey by boat.
Mr Warren was once Interpol's most wanted drugs trafficker and, even after a decade in a Dutch jail, police still consider him to be one of Britain's most wealthy and influential criminals, the court heard.Mr Warren was once Interpol's most wanted drugs trafficker and, even after a decade in a Dutch jail, police still consider him to be one of Britain's most wealthy and influential criminals, the court heard.