Francis Coggins, co-leader of the Huyton Firm with his brother, Vincent (Image: NWROCU)

Huyton Firm boss co-leader Francis Coggins was caught after Dutch police found him drunk in the street and learnt his identity. The 60-year-old had been in the coastal town of Zandvoort in the Netherlands, where he met, negotiated and bought class A drugs at source with international suppliers before shipping them into the UK using an elaborate and sophisticated scheme which took advantage of the UPS network.

He remained on the run for five years after his younger brother Vincent, 59, who focused on the gang's domestic operation, supplying cocaine and heroin across England, Wales and Scotland, was arrested and jailed in 2020. But Liverpool Crown Court heard this morning, Thursday, November 27 that

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