The National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have charged a 60-year-old man from Liverpool with committing numerous breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order.
Curtis Warren, who was arrested by the NCA in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside in July, was informed of the charges as he answered bail at a police station in Merseyside today, Friday 17 November.
The 11 charges authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service include alleged breaches relating to communications devices, travel, vehicles, business arrangements and finances, all said to have been committed between November 2022 and July 2023.
Warren has been bailed and is due to appear before Liverpool Magistrates on 15 December.
Source: NCA
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