‘Successful businessman’ enjoyed lavish lifestyle funded by crime and had £250,000 watch

A ‘successful businessman’ turned drugs boss led an ‘extravagant’ lifestyle and was caught with a £250,000 watch. Craig McKenzie, who was once acquitted of murder, was involved in a vast drugs plot worth more than £2 million.

He helped to flood streets across the country with cocaine, heroin and cannabis after sourcing the drugs from criminal contacts who had imported them from South America or Europe. Burnley Crown Court heard that McKenzie, from Stockport, led a ‘very extravagant lifestyle’ and was found with a watch manufactured by Swiss brand Richard Mille said to be worth…