Overview

• Liverpool Crown Court sentenced Waugh to 26 years and 8 months with a five‑year extended licence, and Brazendale to 11 years and 4 months with a four‑year extended licence.
• Waugh and Brazendale admitted conspiring to transfer at least 16 firearms between January and April 2020, with at least two later used in three separate UK shootings.
• Waugh organised the smuggling and sales from overseas before his arrest in Malaga on 12 September 2024 on a UK warrant and subsequent extradition, while Brazendale was detained in the UK on 30 January 2025.
• Investigators drew on EncroChat data from Operation Venetic that exposed a gun list offering automatic and semi‑automatic weapons, leading to seizures including AK‑47s, a Uzi, a Skorpion and hundreds of rounds.
• Prosecutors said Waugh also arranged an acid attack through a UK associate, and both men admitted conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm.