Jersey raised concerns that the entire resources of the Jersey drug squad had been targeted at Warren. Warren was found guilty on 7 October for conspiracy to smuggle cannabis. He was sentenced on 3 December 2009 to 13 years imprisonment for his part in the plot. Jersey Police are also starting an investigation into his wealth, with the aim of confiscating his gains from drugs trafficking. After initially serving his sentence in HMP Full Sutton near York he was moved to HMP Belmarsh. On two occasions he has unsuccessfully appealed to the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey General Sir John McColl for leave to appeal his conviction, once in March 2011, and secondly in September 2011. In November 2013, Warren was ordered to pay a £198m confiscation order, or face another ten years in jail. On 27 March 2014 it was reported that Warren had lost his appeal over his failure to pay the order, and so would remain in prison. In 2020, Stephanie Smithwhite, a prison officer, was jailed for two years after having intimate relations with him. In 2022, Warren was released from a high security prison. Notes References Barnes, Tony; Richard Elias; Peter Walsh. 2003 Cocky: the rise and fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's biggest drug baron 1963 births Living people 20th-century British criminals 21st-century British criminals British bank robbers British expatriates in the Netherlands British people of Portuguese descent Crime in Liverpool English drug traffickers English gangsters English people convicted of assault English people convicted of drug offences English people convicted of manslaughter English prisoners and detainees British people convicted of burglary British people convicted of robbery People from Toxteth Inmates of HM Prison Belmarsh Prisoners and detainees of Jersey Prisoners and detainees of the Netherlands Criminals from Merseyside