Colin Wright, a key player in a nationwide drug trafficking operation, was sentenced to prison after being extradited from Spain. He was involved in importing and distributing class A drugs, including cocaine and heroin, and ran an amphetamine lab in Scotland.
A judge told an EncroChat dealer 'it must have been embarrassing' for his wife as he was jailed. Colin Wright, 38, played a leading role in a UK-wide conspiracy that saw him work with Merseyside cousins Terence and Stephen Earle to import class A drugs before distributing them across their extensive networks. He ran an amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine.
Wright, from Torre Pacheco in Murcia, and formerly of Motherwell, was arrested by the Spanish National Police in March this year at the request of the National Crime Agency, and extradited to the UK on October 4. A number of high value items were seized from his Spanish address. Wright had travelled abroad in August 2020, and remained in Spain to avoid capture after NCA officers apprehended fellow OCG members in March 2021. He was the head of the OCG's Scottish arm, and was actively involved in the supply of cocaine and heroin in both Scotland and England. He was the final member of the OCG to be sentenced, with six others now serving jail terms. Wright worked alongside Terence Earle, 50, who was jailed for 16-and-a-half years in April 2023, and Terence's cousin Stephen Earle, 52, who was jailed for 11 years and four months in August this year. Wright used the EncroChat handle 'Jack-Nicklaus' to communicate with Terence. He also sourced drugs, assessed supply routes and found customers. He created the amphetamine lab in Motherwell. In March 2020, as the nation entered its first Covid 19 lockdown, a criminal associate delivered boxes of alpha-phenylacetoacetamide (APAA), part of the amphetamine production process, to Wright. Over the next few days the OCG began preparing the lab, but despite messages between them saying the 'farm' (or lab) was ready, they struggled to obtain the necessary solvents for the production process. Terence and Wright also exchanged photos of the liquid being treated, to check what colour it should b
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