Crime boss Curtis Warren is arrested seven months after his release from prison in dawn raid by Britain’s FBI
- Warren was arrested at a location in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside
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Notorious crime boss Curtis Warren has been arrested seven months after being released from prison in a dawn raid, after breaching terms of his serious crime prevention order.
The gangster, who is from Liverpool, was arrested at around 6am this morning when officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) found him at a residence in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside.
Warren, 60, is currently being held in custody and questioned over alleged breaches of his order, which came into effect when he was released from prison in November after serving 14 years.
The breaches refer to the unauthorised use of mobile phones, vehicles, bank accounts and travel, according to a statement from the NCA.
Officers from the agency carried out searches at the location in Boldon and another address in the Royal Albert Dock area of Liverpool.
Curtis ‘Cocky’ Warren (pictured February 2020) has been arrested seven months after being released from prison for breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order
Mobile devices, documents and a quantity of cash were seized, and they are now being examined by investigators, it confirmed.
On Warren’s arrest, Alison Abbott, from the NCA’s Lifetime Management of Offenders Team, said: ‘These court orders are vital tools for preventing and deterring future offending.
‘Once criminals come onto our radar, they never leave, and the NCA will take action over breaches.’
The gangster’s former barrister, Anthony Barraclough, told the Mirror: ‘I can confirm that he was arrested at 6am this morning. Any breaches will be minor transgressions.
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‘These will be very fine interpretations of restrictions I anticipate. I imagine he was in Tyneside to visit friends.
‘He is allowed to travel and have mobile phones, bank accounts and up to £1,000 in cash. He can travel abroad if he gives seven days notice. If he is going to be away from home he needs permission and he has had permission.
‘I have not spoken to him yet as he is in custody.’
The charge of breaching a serious crime prevention order is a criminal offence and can carry a maximum sentence of up to five years and an unlimited fine.
Warren was released from prison in November, after serving the majority of the last 25 years inside.
Curtis Warren arriving to a hearing at the Royal Court in Jersey in October 2009
A drugs baron, who was known as Britain’s Pablo Escobar, was previously believed to be worth £200million.
Warren was born in Liverpool in 1963. He was the second son of Curtis Aloysius Warren, a black seaman with the Norwegian merchant navy.
His mother Sylvia Chantre was the daughter of a shipyard boiler attendant.
The gangster was aged 12 when he dropped out of school and launched his criminal career.
His first brush with the police came when he was caught driving a stolen car – despite barely being old enough to see over the wheel.
