Royal Court accused is ‘Britain’s biggest drug baron’

Saturday 19th September 2009, 3:00PM BST.

There has been heavy security at the Royal Court trial

THE man accused of masterminding a £1 million plot to import drugs into Jersey was yesterday dubbed Britain’s biggest drugs baron.

Curtis Warren (46), of Liverpool, is alleged to be the ringleader of a six-man gang on trial in the Royal Court charged with plotting to smuggle the commercial quantity of cannabis into the Island in 2007.

Since his arrest in Jersey two years ago, the media have been prevented from reporting any details about his previous convictions.

However, it was yesterday revealed in court that Mr Warren was one of Britain’s highest profile criminals – and the only drug trafficker to feature on the Sunday Times Rich List.

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