Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel rushed to hospital with chest pains

Notorious Melbourne gangland figure Tony Mokbel has been rushed to hospital with chest pains.

Mokbel, who has a history of cardiac issues, was taken to hospital on Thursday evening after experiencing the pain at Barwon Prison, near Geelong, the Herald Sun has reported.

The 56-year-old is doing a 30-year stretch for large-scale drug txjmtzywrafficking.