St Helens man is one of eight arrested in connection with industrial scale Amphetamine production plot A ST HELENS man is among eight people arrested by police investigating an organised crime group allegedly involved in trafficking heroin and producing amphetamine worth millions of pounds. National Crime Agency officers arrested six of the group at addresses across Merseyside, supported by Merseyside Police, a seventh in Glasgow assisted by Police Scotland and the eighth was produced from prison. Analysis of messages acquired as part of Operation Venetic – an investigation into the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat – supported the investigation. Officers allege the group were planning to produce large quantities of amphetamine at a location in Scotland, as well as trafficking heroin from Scotland to Merseyside.
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