Trafficker directed movements of Liverpool cocaine from Alicante bolthole

The cocaine had a purity of 92%17:14, 24 Aug 2026A drugs trafficker was extradited from Spain after police found £100,000 of cocaine in a courier's car. Christopher Hobaiter was a leading figure in a drugs conspiracy which involved the movements of large quantities of cocaine - with a purity of 92% - between Merseyside and the north east.‌Hobaiter, 43, employed Ben Cousans, 46, as a courier to collect the large packages and drive them back over the Pennines. Jaguar driver Cousans picked up the cocaine between September 2023 and May 2024 under orders from Hobaiter, who was based in Spain and directed his courier on both "clean and dirty phones".‌Cousans was stopped by officers from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU) and Durham Constabulary on May 22, 2024 on his sixth and