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Professional footballer who helped supply cocaine and ketamine in south London jailed for 11 years

Former professional footballer Jason Pusey turned to arranging drug deals to ‘make millions’

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Catching the Kingpins; Carol Vorderman; Stephen Mangan; Ending Homelessness the Finnish Way – review

A cracking tale of criminals and encrypted phones; the outspoken ex-BBC Radio Wales host jumps ship to commercial; the Finns show us the way on social problems; and farewell to Annie Nightingale

The Guardian - UK

EncroChat drug dealer jailed for plotting to buy 25 Skorpion submachine guns

Drug dealer Kirk Douglas was caught when the EncroChat system was infiltrated by law enforcement in 2020

Evening Standard

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Corrupt police worker who tipped off criminal friend is jailed

Natalie Mottram was caught after police set up a sting operation.

The Independent UK

Gang imprisoned after Met smashes £4m London and Essex drug ring

Met seize drugs with a street value of more than £4m after raids in London in Essex

Evening Standard

Drug dealer jailed for helping supply £1 million of cocaine in north London

Police found cocaine, two swords and a knuckleduster when they raided Ashley Allen's east London home

Evening Standard

Partner of shooting victim ‘totally uncooperative’ with police, court hears

Environmental health worker Ashley Dale, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol at home in Old Swan, Liverpool.

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Can this ‘simple’ test find alien life?: Tech and Science Daily podcast

Scientists claim to have developed a simple reliable test that can determine whether there is, or was, life on other planets.

Evening Standard

Crime ‘kingpins’ among 400 jailed after Met Police crack ‘secure’ messaging app

The force used data taken from the platform to identify criminals, solve murders and tackle the drug trade

The Independent UK

Hundreds jailed in Met’s largest-ever operation against Organised Crime Groups

Detectives used millions of intercepted EncroChat conversations to bust major criminals

Evening Standard

More than 400 criminals and ‘kingpins’ jailed in Met Police EncroChat operation

The force used data taken from the platform to identify criminals, solve murders and tackle the drug trade.

The Independent UK

Drug dealer jailed for 21 years for role supplying almost £1m of cocaine to west London

Sam Coleman arranged ‘large scale drug deals’ to ‘make as much money as possible’

Evening Standard

North Shields cocaine plot Mr Big known as 'Greggs Pastie' in encrypted chats jailed for 12 years

Christopher Riley, of North Shields and right-hand-man Darren Jackson, of Newcastle, have been jailed for a total of 22 years after police infiltrated the EncroChat platform

Chronicle Live

Drug dealing gangsters snared by cops - thanks to a can of Stella and a ham sandwich

Lancashire Police caught a gang of drug dealers after an investigation into the use of the encrypted EncroChat network - two people were jailed and officers are still looking for two more

Daily Mirror

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Wales Online

Pictures of ham sandwich and can of Stella help bring drug dealers down

Police examined the photos and found clues that led them to the criminals

Liverpool Echo

Ham butty and can of Stella led to downfall of EncroChat drug gang

The men were caught after taking photos which were matched to an address

Manchester Evening News

The can of Stella Artois and a ham sandwich that brought down gangsters

Images of the lager and snack shared from their phones were matched to one member's home address

Manchester Evening News

Killer drivers, vile rapist, gun-stashing drug dealer among those jailed in Greater Manchester this week

Also locked up this week was a drug dealer who hid a gun under his patio

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Liverpool Echo

Suspected EncroChat dealer named as he appears in court

The 39-year-old has been charged with multiple drug offences

Manchester Evening News

Drug dealing 'family man' with EncroChat alter ego hid gun under his patio

John Duffy, 41, used his home to store weapons and class A drugs

The Independent UK

A 3-year probe of encrypted phones led to the seizure of hundreds of tons of drugs, prosecutors say

International prosecutors say that investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests worldwide and the seizure of hundreds of tons of drugs

Irish Mirror

More than 6,500 people have been arrested since massive EncroChat phone hack three years ago, Europol reveal

The number of arrests has in turn led to 7,134 years of imprisonment for those convicted to date as a result.

Manchester Evening News

EncroChat gun dealer sparked chaos when he stormed kickboxing ring

The altercation indirectly led to him being identified as a user of the encrypted communications platform

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat firearms dealer storms ring during kickboxing bout and sparks mass brawl

Yobs hurled bottles, chairs and metal posts while one man was left lying on the floor in a pool of blood

Manchester Evening News

Pro footballer mum turned drug gangster has jewellery and property seized after Manchester Airport arrest

She was known as 'StiffNinja' on Encrochat.

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