James Mulvey (criminal)
James Mulvey is an illicit drug smuggler originally from Solihull.[1]
Smuggling operation
[edit ]The gang smuggled illicit drugs inside hollow industrial rollers on truck from Belgium, through England to the Republic of Ireland.[1] The investigation began when a Belgian warehouse worker noticed that the same rollers kept returning to the depot.[1] Once the connection to England was found, Belgian police notified their counterparts there.[1] In 2007 rollers were seized by Gardaí seized the rollers on an industrial estate in Dublin.[1] Several people were arrested and jailed but Mulvey moved to Spain shortly before arrests.[1]
On the run
[edit ]To evade law enforcement, James Mulvey rarely stayed in the same place for long.[1] He used hotels for several years, paid in cash and used burner phones.[1] He also didn't use bank accounts.[1]
In 2012 his father fell ill and Mulvey returned to the UK.[1]
Arrest
[edit ]He was arrested in Kaunas in 2017 by Lithuanian special forces after being tracked there by the National Crime Agency.[1] [2]
During his trial evidence from nine countries and two ex-girlfriends were offered in evidence.[1]
In June 2018 he was jailed for his part in an attempt to smuggle 68ドル million of cocaine and cannabis into the UK between 2006 and 2007.[1]
He was jailed for 32 years.[2]
Family
[edit ]His cousin Gerard "Hatchet" Kavanagh was also one of his business partners.[2]
In June 2018 British police were searching for 7ドル.5 million of missing money out of 77ドル million.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Osborne, Samuel (13 June 2018). "One of Britain's biggest drug dealers convicted of running 68ドルm into UK". The Independent . Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Ellis, James (18 June 2018). "Police search for 7ドル.5m of 'missing' drug money linked to jailed Kinahan associate". Irish Independent . Retrieved 19 June 2020.