Drugs baron who flooded UK with cocaine entered crime at 'Premier League level' and became one of the country's most wanted
A drugs baron who flooded the UK with cocaine was told he'd entered crime at 'Premier League level' as he finally faced justice. Michael Moogan, 37, spent eight years on the run and became one of the country's most wanted men before finally being caught in Dubai.
"You have chosen to enter the world of crime at Premier League level," Judge Paul Lawton told him. "You knew you were flooding the UK with cocaine, and in doing so enabling other organised crime groups to ply their trade, with all its inherent violence and associated criminality. The cafe was used as the 'operational base' for two brothers who were said to be wholesale importers who helped bring cocaine to Europe from South America before selling it on. Moogan and his father-in-law Robert Gerard, 57, both from Liverpool, were introduced to the brothers by Robert Hamilton, 71, from Hale, Trafford.
Moogan and Gerard went to meet the brothers and discussed cocaine deals. They attended the café on 14 occasions between April and October 2013. He said Moogan had the use of PGP encryption devices. Hamilton was jailed for eight years in 2014 while Gerard received a 13 year sentence in 2017 after they each admitted their parts in the conspiracy to import cocaine.
Sentencing, the judge accepted that references submitted to the court showed Moogan in a 'rather different' light. But he said that despite Moogan having no recorded criminal history, he operated on a sophisticated level 'more akin to a seasoned professional'.
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