Kevin Taylor was the head of a much-feared organised crime gag that ran the streets of Newcastle for years but was finally brought down by determined police earlier this year View 3 Images Kevin Taylor (Image: North News & Pictures northn)

The leader of one of Newcastle's most feared organised crime gangs has been jailed for 27 years. His sentencing comes after a huge plot to flood the streets of the city and the North East in general with class A drugs such as cocaine. ‌

Newcastle Crown Court heard how Kevin Taylor had been sitting on a £68million drugs empire. The syndicate tried a host of different ways to move the ilicit substances into the UK, all while going under the radar of police . ‌

However, their cover was eventually blown after the encrypted messenger serv

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