04:23 EDT, 21 February 2021
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The suspected boss of a gang has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates on drugs and guns charges three years after leaving Britain for Dubai.
Leon Cullen, 33, was arrested in Dubai in January and brought back to the UK by National Extradition Unit officers on Friday.
Yesterday he appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court in connection with a number of offences including conspiracies to supply firearms, ammunition and class A drugs.
Cullen, from Warrington, has been remanded in custody until his next appearance at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday 22 March.
Leon Cullen was extradited to the UK from the UAE as he s suspected of being the head of a crime group supplying firearms and drugs
A man described by British police as one of their “most wanted” has been extradited to the UK from the United Arab Emirates after nearly two years on the run.
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