Jail for dealer who turned to crime when his taxi firm went bust

A businessman who turned to dealing when his taxi firm went bust during Covid has been jailed for 14 years. Richard Baxter, 50, became the head of an organised crime group smuggling hundreds of kilos of cocaine and heroin following the collapse of his taxi firm during the pandemic. Baxter bought four properties in southeast England, including a house in Surrey and a holiday chalet. His activities were exposed after the takedown of the encrypted messaging app EncroChat in June…