14 Encrochat dealers and the nicknames they used to try and avoid detection Dior Ice , Headfluffy and OrdinaryDingo were all caught out when officers hacked the secret network
Left to right: Thomas Brabbins, Mark Cavanagh, Michael Burns
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These are the bizarre nicknames used by drug dealers and their associates on encrypted messaging service Encrochat.
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THREE members of an organised crime group which oversaw the supply and distribution of significant quantities of illegal drugs have been jailed for a combined 55 years. Paul Dillon and Alexander Keating used the encrypted messaging service EncroChat to discuss the transfer of a viable firearm and communicated with Dylan Garforth to supply class A and B drugs. The trio were caught by detectives from Cheshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit after they were able to access the communications network that is used exclusively by criminals. The bespoke service was cracked by international law enforcement in May 2020, with detectives monitoring their criminal communications and gathering evidence over a three-month period.
Huge nationwide operation masterminded by Alan and John Tobin of Liverpool
The brothers were backed up by former martial arts star Robbie Broughton
Anthony and Leon Cullen and Jamie Oldroyd s firm were among their customers
The Tobins ordered the transport of a stash of drugs from Kent to Warrington
But police intercepted the van, carrying 186kg of up to 90 per cent pure cocaine
The brothers and The Bear - drugs gang jailed over £20m cocaine haul found in van on the M6
Alan and John Tobin had been running a smooth and successfully profitable criminal organisation which saw them supply well-known gangs in the North West with drugs
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Two brothers who attempted to deliver £20m of cocaine to organised crime groups in the north west have been jailed.