Lennox Clarke, who supplied drugs to a dealer in Cheltenham, went on the run to Ireland, Mexico and Thailand.

The five men were responsible for packaging and moving cocaine and cannabis across Cheshire.

A man in his 60s has appeared in court following the seizure of cocaine worth €10.6m in the Republic of Ireland.

The gang sold crack cocaine and heroin through Liverpool, Hampshire and Plymouth, police say.

Drugs estimated by Police Scotland at the time to be worth £1.5m were seized in Peterhead.

Police have described Emanuele Gregorini as "the head of the Italian mafia Latin America".

The Royal Court hears the trio wanted to become the island's main suppliers of cocaine.

The gang had a turnover of up to £4,000 per day from selling heroin, cocaine and cannabis, police say.