READ MORE: Underworld banker 'MessyZebra' 'flicked' 1m of dirty cash for drug bosses. His Encrochat handle was AtomicMantis and he was the first to be convicted on Merseyside as part of Operation Venetic. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss boasted he made 20K before 8pm. After law enforcement agencies had taken down or compromised other providers, many European criminals flocked to EncroChat. He operated on EncroChat as Jethawk. EncroChat conversations between Simon Roberts, who used the names 'MajorFox' and 'FanaticFirm' and other members of the conspiracy revealed that on one occasion he was entrusted with 8kg of cocaine and 485,000 in cash. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months. Jordan Talbot - LittleNev, James Ward - StableToast, and Jamie Carlton - StaleSloth. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. Alan Tobin was sentenced to 20 years in jail and John received a 19 year and eight month sentence following a Cheshire Police probe linked to the seizure of 186kg of cocaine. EncroChat drug dealer Sean Moore also sold Covid 19 testing kits as a sideline during lockdown. Liverpool Crown Court heard detectives poring over the messages recovered when the EncroChat service was hacked in early 2020 got a break when personal information was shared by Bolton and his associates. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. Daniel Wilson, 33, of Silverbeech Road, Wallasey, was sentenced to seven years and eight months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and conspiracy to convert criminal property in relation to the proceeds of his crimes. Two drug dealers involved in a huge cocaine plot were arrested as they tried to board a flight to Spain at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Many have been through Liverpool Crown Court this year after their crimes were exposed. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Laughingstorm', 'Kindtailor' and 'Wiredfork' see empires crumble after hack. Peter Heron was caught supplying cocaine and cannabis as part of the EncroChat hack. Mark Evans, of Brows Avenue, Wythenshawe, was jailed for 10 years and six months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, money laundering and handling stolen goods. Heffey was found to be using the EncroChat handles 'Activegamer' and 'Lemonisland' to supply large quantities of heroin, cocaine and cannabis. But then 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. READ MORE: 1m operation smuggled cannabis in cars between Isle of Man and Merseyside. Anderson, who was the owner of Bromborough Skip Hire at the time, was found to have sourced, purchased and sold approximately 30kg of cannabis, 20kg of heroin and 20kg of high purity cocaine between April 3, 2020 and June 2, 2020. Dentith, 29, of College View, Huyton, was sentenced to 17 years three months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine and ecstasy. The 29-year-old planned to move abroad as soon as his licence period for a past sentence for trafficking cocaine expired. John James Reilly, known as 'JJ', used the handle Wideorchid and widely acted alone, but the 39-year-old also had connections with the rest of the group, carrying out some "business" transactions. Shaun Harrison, 33, of South Street, Thatto Heath, was sentenced to 10 years eight months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis. His EncroChat names were ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. READ MORE: Dad's drug deals with 'BiggieSmalls' and 'SixTimesLFC' on EncroChat. To get a behind the scenes look at how they work and the moments that don't make our stories, subscribe to our free weekly Echo Court Files newsletter, written by court reporter Neil Docking. To win the argument, the defence first required to persuade the court that the material obtained was intercept material (classically phone tapping) which would then allow a discussion of whether the 2016 Act prohibited its admission. Marsh was linked to the distribution of 25 kilos of cocaine, 110 kilos of cannabis and one kilo of ketamine. He was brought down by an investigation that led to police storming his home on Park Road North in Birkenhead, as well as two container units in the town, in June, when they seized a Rolex watch and 82,000 in cash. The then 30-year-old used the handles Specialivy and Customcab to sell a variety of class A and class B drugs including ecstasy tablets, cocaine and cannabis. READ MORE:Warning issued to drivers travelling home for Christmas over new motorway rule. Bryan Stephen Heffey, 46 at the time, of Woodend Avenue, Maghull was due to stand trial on Monday, March 28, but changed his plea at the last minute to guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs. Operation Venetic is the biggest and most significant operation of its kind in the UK. This came to be the key conflict in the case. "Money man" Allan, who used the EncroChat handle "MessyZebra", was previously jailed for two years for dealing cannabis in 2005. Alexander Keating, 30, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. Heron was arrested at his home in July this year and admitted conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs and possession of criminal property. and at least one case involves an ex-military operative selling devices . Police also found a kilo of amphetamines in his basement, valued at 800 to 2,000, which when adulterated could have sold for up to 10,000. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. A crew of EncroChat drug dealers who traded with figures in the Liverpool underworld ran an operation spanning the length and breadth of the UK. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 42. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Harding, who used the handle "MagicCider", sold heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth around 1.5million through the encrypted phone network. READ MORE: Brothers' 20m drug empire came crashing down after M6 cocaine swoop. They were both then sentenced in connection to a gangland shooting in Warrington. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. Laite admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis. North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) detectives launched an undercover surveillance operation in February 2020. James Duckworth, 42, of Langdale Close, Kirkby, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. France's Supreme Court has referred a criminal case that relies on evidence from the hacked EncroChat encrypted phone network back to the court of appeal after finding that prosecutors. He was jailed for nine years and nine months. He was arrested in April at Stansted Airport as he returned from Spain, where he had stayed for a few weeks. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. Their EncroChat names were LittleNev, StableToast, and StaleSloth. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 40. Anthony Connolly, 29 at the time, of Ellerman Road, Liverpool, was sentenced to 14 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin, conspiracy to supply cannabis, and conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. He was jailed for 10 years. The Joint Investigation Team called its harvesting of EncroChat material Operation Emma and Dove J went onto summarise the way in which it had proceeded. Ryan Pugh was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply multi-kilo quantities of Class A and B drugs. A drug dealer who used two EncroChat handles was brought to justice. Investigators had been monitoring Keating, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes, Garforth, of no fixed address, and Dillon, of Norlands Park, Widnes, for three months via the hacked EncroChat network. When he finally pulled over, police searched the vehicle, revealing the huge quantity of caffeine, set to be used to adulterate ketamine, and 1,030 in cash. Detectives worked out the identity of a multi-kilo cocaine trafficker using the EncroChat handle 'Ladbrookes' when a contact gave away his name in a message. Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. Texts showed he discussed the sale of cocaine and heroin with an estimated wholesale value of 521,000, plus 193 kilos of cannabis, worth around 1m. He used the MagicCider handle between April to May 2020, before it was passed over to another dealer, his drug courier Craig O'Hare. Detectives identified the handprints of the 30-year-old, of Maud Street, Toxteth, on a photo he took showing him holding cannabis in his hand. Liam Garvey - ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. The EncroChat servers were in France and the French Gendarmerie found a way to send an implant to all EncroChat devices in the world under cover of an apparent software update. The EncroChat material was obtained by a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of French and Dutch investigators and prosecutors by interfering in the EncroChat communications system. READ MORE: 'Billy Whizz' EncroChat gang moved nearly 500,000 of speed, 51-54. Blackburn was jailed for 11 years. He also pleaded guilty to importation of Class A and B controlled drugs into UK, conspiracy to produce cannabis, conspiracy to convert criminal property for playing a leading role in drug importation, which saw police seize 18kg of cocaine concealed in children's Duplo boxes of Lego. An EncroChat dealer flooded towns and cities across the UK with high purity cocaine from Colombia. Officers searched his home in St Ambrose Close, Anfield and found an EncroChat phone box, containing the password to the device, written on a piece of paper. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. 13:42, 20 JAN 2022. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. Reid was jailed for nine years and three months. He was jailed for eight and a half years. Liam Garvey, 28, was arrested at his home on The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, St Helens on May 13 this year as part of the police operation targeting criminals who used the encrypted network. The 49-year-old was stopped after officers became suspicious of his taxi credentials when they spotted his vehicle on the M62 in June. The NCA, Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) and. Bradley Luxton - SoupHedge and MerrySword. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer bragged he'd use cocaine and heroin to fund house extension, 41. Keiren McMahon, 24, of Titchfield Street, Kirkdale, Bryan Stephen Heffey, 46, of Woodend Avenue, Maghull. He was caught when police recovered text messages from the EncroChat network. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. Steven Nicholls, 41, of Ibbotson Lane, Aigburth, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit arsons with intent, conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and transferring criminal property. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss boasted he made 20K before 8pm. Detectives intercepted Alexander Keating, 30, and Dylan Garforth, 25, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent. Jack Stanley Jones, 27 at the time, of Hey Park in Huyton, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, cannabis and methamphetamine. He was jailed for 12 years. Brian Heffey - Activegamer and Lemonisland. An EncroChat cocaine boss joked in texts about the hack that would later see him locked up. Liam Garvey, 28, of The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, Kevin Allan was the 'money man' for a 1 million EncroChat cocaine conspiracy, Kevin Allan helped cocaine bosses keep track of their thousands of pounds by acting as a gangland banker, David Holgate, 49 and from Anfield, went by the EncroChat handle LoftyWizard and was sentenced to six years and eight months for drugs offences. Dean Anderson - Tendayer and FamousSquid. Jordan Hughes, 30, of Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supplying multi-kilos of heroin and cocaine. Michael Devine - LawfulArbor and MixedTree. The then 49-year-old was stopped after officers became suspicious of his taxi credentials when they spotted his vehicle on the M62 in June. But detectives swooped on the cocaine, heroin and cannabis dealer as he tried to cross the channel at Folkestone in Kent, on July 20, 2020. He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. READ MORE: Secret gang messages of SnowEmu, SacredMask and MancJoey that brought them down, Jordan Alvis, 35, of Trent Close, West Derby, was sentenced to nine years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply ketamine and heroin and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. Carl Stewart of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to attempting to . Carlton had been involved in transporting 20kg of Class A drugs from May 1, 2020 for five or six weeks. Five of the men also conspired to commit a robbery in which they planned to tie up the victims at their home and cut off the ear of one of them. The pair were jailed for their roles in the plot this morning - but Liverpool Crown Court heard they were taking orders from a remote boss in Spain. Shaun Done, 25 at the time, of Beech Road, Huyton was sentenced to seven years, nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to acquire/use/possess criminal property. Meanwhile, her convicted drug smuggler father went under the name ZincBat. Amphetamine is commonly nicknamed speed, whizz and Billy Whizz - the latter after the famous character in the children's comic. Amy McGlone, 38, and Claire McGlone, 35, were both jailed at Liverpool Crown Court after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. Thomas Ross QC dissects the latest judgment in the fascinating EncroChat saga. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back to January 2019. The then 34-year-old kept his two EncroChat phones until March the following year, when police raided his house and exposed his multi-kilo cocaine business. He was jailed for six years and eight months. The identity of the crook who has adopted the name of the Reds' Brazilian shot stopper on the secret phone network remains a mystery. He operated on EncroChat as Jethawk. The 34-year-old, of Hulme Close, Bromborough, used the Encrochat handle 'boredgiraffe' to supply the drugs across Merseyside. Messages on EncroChat were said to link both men to the supply of multi-kilo amounts of the two Class A drugs and smaller amounts of Class B cannabis. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. Encrochat Rulings Revisited by Narita Bahra QC and Daniel Chadwick This year 'Encrochat' has played a significant role in the Criminal Courts. An overview of the cases linked to the major investigation into the use of communications network EncroChat by the region's underworld. McMahon was jailed for 12 years seven months. He was arrested when he flew into Manchester Airport from Amsterdam after police recovered more than 100 pages of chat logs from his encrypted phone. The drugs boss talked about importation runs from Colombia, St Lucia and Brazil, and also discussed his love of poker. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major drugs operators who supported shooting plots, this is an overview of -- cases the region has heard so far. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. When the case came before Liverpool Crown Court the judge (Dove J) directed that a preparatory hearing should be held to determine the admissibility of the EncroChat evidence. 28 Apr 2023 20:28:52 DullTuna and WealthyMace, WaspLawn, and DiorIce. Caine Tanswell, of Yew Tree Lane, Wythenshawe received two years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to supply class B drugs and money laundering. READ MORE: Grandad EncroChat dealer 'lockstar' busted after posting selfies at home, 61. He was jailed for 12 years. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. Keiren McMahon, then 24, of Titchfield Street, Vauxhall, was described as a "cashier, banker and paymaster" for his role in the gang, which saw him count huge wads of in cash in relation to the supply of heroin, cocaine and cannabis.