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. READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. This was also to be served consecutively to the drugs tariff he was already in jail for. 2) Put your email in the box where indicated. He was sentenced to 10 years 6 months imprisonment. Keating admitted conspiring to supply 30kg of cocaine and large quantities of cannabis; Dillon admitted conspiring to supply 3kg of cocaine, large amounts of ketamine, and to supplying more than 500,000 of cannabis, and Garforth admitted conspiring to supply 10kg of cocaine. READ MORE: 'Bro we be multimillionaires in three months haha' boasted dealer. READ MORE: Window cleaner became 'MajorFox' in EncroChat ring after business dried up, 50 - 51. Their EncroChat names were MangyStaff, Wideorchid and Ivyhawk. O'Hare was jailed for six and a half years. It then supplied the material obtained to UK authorities where it was used in a large number of criminal investigations, including the one that led to this prosecution. Brian Heffey - Activegamer and Lemonisland. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. The insight into his life allowed detectives to match the messages of EncroChat codenames "SneakyStem" and "WackySilver" to the then 33-year-old. Marsh was linked to the distribution of 25 kilos of cocaine, 110 kilos of cannabis and one kilo of ketamine. There are others on what's on, politics, court news, Knowsley, Wirral, and arts & culture, as well as both Liverpool FC and Everton FC. David Blackburn - SuperBiking. Akin to other systems of encrypted communication, any message using the EncroChat system is encoded or encrypted as it passes through the EncroChat server between one handset and another, being decoded or de-encrypted at the receiving handset so that the user can read it.. Michael Devine - LawfulArbor and MixedTree. Nine men have been sentenced for . Dozens of criminals embedded in Merseyside's underworld have been jailed after an international operation brought down EncroChat. Adam Lonergan, 30 at the time, of Rydal Avenue in Prescot, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months for conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis between March 29 and June 5 and possession with intent to supply amphetamine. Peter Heron, 48, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree. 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. Roberts, 57, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. Jordan Talbot - LittleNev, James Ward - StableToast, and Jamie Carlton - StaleSloth. The major drug boss, who used the code name 'Bigmninee', was also known within the criminal underworld as a 'go-to man' for crooks who wanted guns. Pugh was arrested as part of Operation Venetic - targeting criminals who used the encrypted phone network to try and evade detection. Lenehan had connections to Dubai and exchanged messages suggesting his influence may have stretched to India and Iran. Hughes, 53 at the time, of Rock Lane, Widnes, was jailed for 10 and a half years after admitting conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months. Keiren McMahon, 24, of Titchfield Street, Kirkdale, Bryan Stephen Heffey, 46, of Woodend Avenue, Maghull. Hundreds of. Many of the messages were from someone using the handle Centralhuman, who was higher up the chain and was directing McMahon. READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. It is done remotely, but it is done by interrogating the RAM of the phone, not by intercepting the communication after it has left the phone. Reid, of Ackers Road, Woodchurch, pleaded guilty to three conspiracies involving the supply of cocaine, heroin and cannabis between March 23 and June 5, 2020. Ward went by the name "StableToast", Carlton used the handle "StaleSloth", and another Merseyside man - who is still at large - was called "DampHedge". Skillen, 35 at the time, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, was found to be an EncroChat user, using the handle "SavageArrow". Alan, formerly of Regency Park, Widnes, was sentenced to a further eight years for conspiracies to cause GBH with intent to both Liam Byrne Jnr and Liam Byrne Snr. The 34-year-old, of Hulme Close, Bromborough, used the Encrochat handle 'boredgiraffe' to supply the drugs across Merseyside. The Premier League has been urged to re-examine assurances given by Newcastle's Saudi owners that the Middle East state would not have control of the club following the filing of a new court . An EncroChat cocaine boss joked in texts about the hack that would later see him locked up. READ MORE: Gang threatened to 'chop off ears' and hold iron to chest of pensioner, 38. 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. Unlucky dealer set up EncroChat phone after network hacked He used an EncroChat phone to update the drug bosses on their income, dealing with hundreds of thousands of pounds at a time. Liam Garvey, 28 at the time, 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. Harrison Laite used an Encrochat phone to supply multiple kilos of cannabis on the streets on Merseyside. Brian Marshall, 46, of Robson Street, Everton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs cocaine, and was sentenced to 10 years. Keating admitted conspiring to supply 30kg of cocaine and large quantities of cannabis; Dillon admitted conspiring to supply 3kg of cocaine, large amounts of ketamine, and to supplying more than 500,000 of cannabis, and Garforth admitted conspiring to supply 10kg of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply each of the drugs and was jailed for 16 years. 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. EncroChat : How France's Supreme Court Decision affects the UK He also pooled together with a group of other suppliers to source a mega-shipment of 100kg of cocaine through Hamburg in Germany. He operated on EncroChat as Jethawk. EncroChat hack case: RAM, bam. He supplied large quantities of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines around the country and was arrested in September last year. January 7, 2021. READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'butterflyjuice' jailed for almost a decade. 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. 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. Detectives intercepted Alexander Keating, 30, and Dylan Garforth, 25, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. Amy McGlone, 38 at the time, of Kennelwood Avenue, Kirkby, was jailed for four years and six months. Daniels, who was arrested in November, admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine and convert criminal property. Talbot, Carlton and Ward all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. Dozens of criminals embedded in Merseyside's underworld have been jailed after an international operation brought down EncroChat. Ricardo Hughes - NovaCoast and Christopher Dooley - OctoOx. Many have pleaded, whilst others have challenged the legal admissibility of such evidence. READ MORE: EncroChat cocaine boss with international links asked dealers to call him 'Jethawk'. Detectives managed to identify Mark Evans, 37, as an EncroChat user with the handle 'MangyStaff'. So far, 2,631 people have been arrested in the UK as part of Operation Venetic; 1,384 have been charged, 260 convicted and 5,646 kilos of class A drugs, 165 weapons and 75m in criminal cash has. READ MORE: BT engineer's double life as EncroChat user 'Normalair' who bragged about lavish contacts in Dubai. 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. 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. On the same day, David Blackburn, 29, was arrested at his home in Springvale Close, Kirkby after detectives linked him to a handle titled "SuperBiking". He was jailed for 10 years and eight months. An overview of the cases linked to the major investigation into the use of communications network EncroChat by the region's underworld. READ MORE: Encrochat 'Loadedsun' dealer jailed after returning from Spain, 34. In my last article on this topic I predicted widespread legal challenges to attempts by prosecutors to lead evidence obtained as part of the Encro Hack carried out by French police in May 2020. A grandad EncroChat dealer was busted after posting selfies from his own home. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) detectives launched an undercover surveillance operation in February 2020. John James Reilly, of Broadoak Road, Wythenshawe was jailed for 12 years, also for conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs, as well as money laundering. Encrochat: Secret network messages can be used in court, judges rule Police say many of the network's customers used the service to plot illicit schemes linked to drug dealing and, in some cases violence. The 38-year-old, from Bury, used the EncroChat encrypted phone network to bring 'at the very least' 84.5 kilos of cocaine and 59 kilos of heroin. He was jailed for 14 years four months. Ryan Pugh was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply multi-kilo quantities of Class A and B drugs. Lenehan, of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, but who lived in Dubai until recently, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and making a false statement to gain a passport.He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. John, formerly of Manor Road in Prescot, was handed two and a half years for participating in the activities of an organised crime group. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". But then 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. 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. Police gained access to the encrypted network that Reid had included his home address, photographs of himself and his home and mention of his children. 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. Talbot, of Elson Road, Formby, was locked up alongside James Ward, 32, of no fixed address but from Kirkby, and Jamie Carlton, 40, of Church Road, Waterloo. 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. 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