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       English Drug Kingpin Arrested in Bangkok
   DIR By: Lamphun
       Date: February 11, 2023, 9:43 am
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       Anyone suddenly stopped posting over on Teakdoor?
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       > A British organised crime boss has been arrested in Thailand
       after being on the run for five years.
       > Richard Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import
       £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016. He fled in
       2018 before his 12-week trial began and was convicted and
       sentenced to 11 years in his absence at Chelmsford crown court
       on 9 April of that year.
       >
       > Wakeling, who has a prosthetic lower right leg, was placed on
       the National Crime Agency (NCA)’s “most wanted” list, and
       appeals were issued for information to help trace him.
       >
       > On Friday, officers from the Royal Thai police arrested the
       fugitive at a Bangkok garage where he had been collecting his
       car after repairs, the NCA said. Wakeling, who had been living
       in the beachside town of Hua Hin, was in possession of a
       passport in another identity.
       >
       > The NCA launched an investigation into Wakeling’s organised
       crime group after the Border Force stopped a truck loaded with
       plastic drums full of drugs from boarding a Channel Tunnel train
       on 9 April 2016. The importation, which was set up by Wakeling,
       involved a driver transporting furniture from Italy, and
       stopping in Ternat, Belgium, en route to collect the drugs.
       >
       > Wakeling had been in contact with drug suppliers in the
       Netherlands, and liaised with two other UK offenders to arrange
       the journey, the NCA said. Officers believe the crime group had
       organised at least six other importations before the 2016
       seizure.
       >
       >
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       Re: English Drug Kingpin Arrested in Bangkok
   DIR By: Begbie
       Date: June 3, 2023, 11:34 pm
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       The met always gets their competition..
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       > An organised crime boss described as a most wanted fugitive
       after going on the run in 2018 has been jailed after his
       extradition to the UK from Thailand.
       >
       > Richard Wakeling arrived back in the country on Thursday
       evening and appeared at Chelmsford crown court on Friday
       afternoon, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
       >
       > He had fled the UK shortly before the start of his 12-week
       trial. Despite his absence, he was convicted and sentenced to 11
       years in prison – a sentence the NCA said he has now begun to
       serve.
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