Scottish drug lab boss jailed after Spain arrest

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NCA Close up custody photo of Colin Wright - fair haired man with green eyes looking into the camera against a tan coloured backgroundNCA

Wright trafficked cocaine and heroin from Scotland to England

A senior member of an organised crime group that ran an amphetamine lab in Scotland has been jailed for 13 years.

Colin Wright, 38, fled to Murcia in Spain to avoid capture after his fellow gang members were caught in a National Crime Agency (NCA) operation in March 2021.

Wright, formerly from Motherwell, was the leader of the group’s Scottish arm and was actively involved in trafficking heroin and cocaine.

He is the final member of the gang to be jailed, with six others already in prison.

NCA One Spanish Policeman and two NCA officers wearing hi vis at Colin Wright's home in Spain. a white building with one car outside.NCA

Spanish Police and NCA officers at Colin Wright’s home in Spain

Wright pleaded guilty to five drug charges at Liverpool Crown Court last month.

He created an amphetamine lab in Motherwell in March 2020 during the first Covid lockdown. It was capable of producing 1,000kg of amphetamine.

He also helped ship at least 20kg of cocaine and 10kg of heroin between Motherwell and Merseyside.

NCA Branch Commander Cat McHugh said: “Wright’s case shows that criminals who seek refuge abroad are never immune from law enforcement’s reach.

“His sentencing means that we have completely dismantled this organised crime group, who posed a grave danger to communities in Scotland and Merseyside, with the drugs they trafficked helping to fuel violence and exploitation.”

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