Police have arrested eight people suspected of being behind the secretive global phone network EncroChat during an operation in Spain, Dubai, and the Dominican Republic, VICE World News has learned. EncroChat drug dealer David Holgate was busted when he was caught with 176kg of caffeine in the back of his car. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply each of the drugs and was jailed for 16 years. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. 746 arrests were made in the UK alone. Police were able to prove he had supplied six kilos of cocaine and approximately four kilos of cannabis. The suspects were arrested on 22 June following a Franco-Dutch operation to infiltrate the EncroChat encrypted phone system. He supplied large quantities of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines around the country and was arrested in September last year. For more news and features about London directly to your inbox sign up to our newsletter here. Officers found handcuffs attached to the floors and ceilings of the structures, which had also been soundproofed. 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. 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. U.S. authorities charged him under RICO, a law traditionally reserved for crime bosses. Bradley Luxton laughed with a fellow drug dealer that they would need 'loads of Skys' - an alternative platform to EncroChat. A "top level controller" of a 27m drug gang was caught as he tried to flee with his girlfriend in a BMW to Spain. Devine, of Pete Best Drive, West Derby, was jailed for 17 years and three months after admitting conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and ketamine. Some of the evidence has been obtained by French police, who have intercepted many messages on the encrypted EncroChat programme used by criminal networks across the continent in recent months after breaching its . The UK has arrested more than 1,500 suspects since European detectives cracked an encrypted messaging service 10 months ago used by criminals to organise major drug smuggling operations and gangland hits. Gangs are believed to have used the devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered. Jack Stanley Jones, 27, 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. 2023 BBC. They were both then sentenced in connection to a gangland shooting in Warrington. Carl Stewart, 39, of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine and transferring criminal property. 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. Encrochat users don't use their real names, but false names, known as "handles". READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'butterflyjuice' jailed for almost a decade. Shaun Done, 25, 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. Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands following the discovery of seven shipping containers converted into cells and torture chambers. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. To join and get updates, click here and you can also follow Neil's Facebook page here. Bradley Luxton - SoupHedge and MerrySword. Jordan Hughes traded cocaine and heroin with crooks using names of Liverpool FC stars on EncroChat. The eight arrests are thought to be the first arrests of people involved in the setting up and running of EncroChat. 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. Sam Lewis, 30, of Mardale Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between March 20 and June 3 last year.. READ MORE: EncroChat boss 'KeySilver' stockpiled drugs over lockdown fears. London crime: Ealing thug caught hiding a shotgun when police raided Southall home; Read More Related Articles 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. Cocaine dealer William Skillen was linked to a sinister drug gang who threatened to "chop off ears" and batter an OAP in a 500,000 robbery plot. The containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked encrypted phones used by criminals. Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs. Police infiltrated the network between at least March and June 2020 during a Europe-wide investigation. EncroChat, which has now been taken down, was based in France and had an estimated 60,000 subscribers. 1) Go to our dedicated newsletter page at this link. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, David Pinnington, 39, (left), and David Blackburn, 29, (right), were jailed for their part in the drugs conspiracy, Kevin Daniels, 40, of Linkside Road, Woolton, Packages of cocaine and or cash ready for delivery by EncroChat drug dealer Kevin Daniels, Harrison Laite, 25, of Moss Way, Croxteth, Nathan Harding, 30, of Maud Street, Toxteth, Craig OHare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, George Marsh, 33, of Park Road North in Birkenhead, George Marsh, from Birkenhead, was linked to an EncroChat account through this photograph, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Bradley Luxton, an EncroChat boss, laughed about the hack that would land him in prison for 16 years, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, A photo of a kilo of cocaine shared on EncroChat by Sean Moore, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences. That strategy of targeting owners morphed in 2018, when the FBI shuttered Phantom Secure, a popular provider of these phones, and arrested its CEO Vincent Ramos. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Then last year, U.S. authorities also charged Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of the largest encrypted phone company called Sky Global, with similar offenses. READ MORE: Gang threatened to 'chop off ears' and hold iron to chest of pensioner, 39. Isaac Rasmussen, 28, from Heath Road Widnes, previously from the Huyton area was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiring to fraudulently evade prohibition on the import of Class A drugs and conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the import of Class B drugs. An EncroChat cocaine boss joked in texts about the hack that would later see him locked up. The arrests are among 800 made across Europe after EncroChat messages were intercepted and decoded. Police intercepted millions of messages including that of one of the suspects, a 40-year-old man from The Hague. Simon Roberts, 57, of Circular Drive, Greasby, was sentenced to 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. 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. Kevin Daniels handled 1.5m of dirty cash for a drug boss who used the name of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker on EncroChat. French and Dutch detectives were able to secretly monitor communications between criminals for weeks on the EncroChat service before its . READ MORE: Encrochat 'Loadedsun' dealer jailed after returning from Spain, 35. The Liverpool Echo sends newsletters on a wide range of topics - including our daily news bulletin, now going out three times a day. Craig O'Hare - also MagicCider. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. For reasons unknown he was then released. READ MORE: Encrochat dealer 'Magiccider' busted after posing for photo with cannabis, 37. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. His EncroChat handle was NormalAir, READ MORE: BT engineer's double life as EncroChat user 'Normalair' who bragged about lavish contacts in Dubai. July 2, 2020. Sometimes called the criminal's WhatsApp, it advertised its service as being 'the electronic equivalent of a conversation . Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". 08 June 2021. . 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. 26-year-old Michael Townsend of Grant Road, Huyton was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court today, Tuesday 9 February. Demand for ANOM from criminal groups also increased after European investigators announced the dismantlement of the EncroChat platform in July 2020. NCA director of investigations Nikki Holland said: "This is the biggest and the most significant law enforcement operation of its kind in the UK and it is previously unmatched in terms of its scale.". But 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. Dubbed EncroChat, the top-secret encrypted communication app comes pre-installed on a customized Android . Sean Moore - TrustPilot and PrawnPilot. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer's empire crushed after he told contacts when his birthday was. The suspects were arrested on 22 June following a Franco-Dutch operation to infiltrate the EncroChat encrypted phone system. Hughes, 53, of Rock Lane, Widnes, was jailed for 10 and a half years after admitting conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs. READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. Begin . It will feature reports from Liverpool Crown Court and crime cases connected to Merseyside. Encrochat, which charged 1,500 for a device on a six-month contract, sent out a warning to users in early June to say that its servers had been hacked by a government entity. . Police believe he was a key player in setting up and running EncroChat. Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. 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. Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded. The 48-year-old, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree, used the handle "TameWelder" on the secret phone network. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. He was caught when police recovered text messages from the EncroChat network. Dooley, 35, of no fixed address but from St Helens, was jailed for nine years after admitting conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs. The data from EncroChat has been a real boon to law enforcementorganized crime arrests in Germany soared by 17 percent following the police busts, and at least 2,800 people have been arrested . Ricardo Hughes, aka EncroChat user "NovaCoast", and Christopher Dooley, aka "OctoOx", were identified as key players in the plot. Krusky appears to have a background working with internet service providers, according to forum posts and archived webpages. D.Wilkinson was handed a four years and eight sentence, while Aldred was jailed for two years and eight months. The career criminal was executed by a masked cyclist while walking his dogs, after the gunman was alerted to his location by an EncroChat message. Liam Garvey - ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. The eight arrests are thought to be the first arrests of people involved in the setting up and running of EncroChat. Harding was jailed for 18 years and five months. We'd love to hear from you. A military-grade encrypted communication system called Encrochat, allegedly used by organised criminals trading in drugs and guns, was hacked by police and their partners. He delivered at least 44 kilos of cocaine and stored hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash in his family home in Linkside Road. Philip Dearden, 31, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. A Paul Krusky is listed as working for an ISP that had servers in Waterloo, Ontario, according to forum posts from 2002. Steven Strachan, 49, of School Lane, Bidston, was sentenced to six years in prisoners. Adam Dalby (Image: Essex Police) Golding was given 12 years in jail, while Thurgood was handed eight for being Golding right-hand man in the criminal network. READ MORE: EncroChat cocaine boss with international links asked dealers to call him 'Jethawk'. The NCA and European partners shared data from the encrypted communication system EncroChat with the Met Police, which led them to make over 170 arrests and seize 13.4 million pounds in cash . Since the first EncroChat related busts began in 2020, the UKs National Crime Agency (NCA) said police in Britain had so far arrested 2,864 people, prosecuted 1,571 and convicted 383with many receiving hefty sentences for large scale drug trafficking. In March 2021 Motherboard published details from a cache of emails that showed the shadowy corporate structure behind EncroChat. He was jailed for eight and a half years. But when EncroChat was hacked last year, his use of his own children's initials as passwords helped lead detectives to his door. So far, around 800 people, including some prominent crime figures, have been arrested from different parts in Europe using information acquired through EncroChat. Alan Tobin - CapeRocket and John Tobin - SlightDrake. Read about our approach to external linking. EncroChat, which offered a secure mobile phone instant messaging service, was a "criminal marketplace" used by 60,000 people worldwide for coordinating the distribution of illicit goods, money . A military-grade encrypted communication system called Encrochat, allegedly used by organised criminals trading in drugs and guns, was hacked by police and their partners. Cops Investigating 'WhatsApp for Gangsters' Arrest Key Suspect in Caribbean. At the time, Motherboard did not name this EncroChat member due to the risk they faced being deeply involved in an encrypted phone company that ultimately led to the arrests of thousands of alleged organised criminals. 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. Not so that of 14-year-old Mohammed Al-Gharani, nabbed in Pakistan. Two of the suspects have also been detained for possession of weapons. The huge operation has been taking place over the past three months with police seizing 13m of cash in London alone. The 57-year-old had worked with others to order the massive haul, 8kgs of which was his. Police forces first became aware of the EncroChat network in 2016. Many have been through Liverpool Crown Court this year after their crimes were exposed. Dentith, 29, of College View, Huyton, was sentenced to 17 years three months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine and ecstasy. A gang who flooded Greater Manchester with cocaine, heroin, and cannabis are now behind bars - despite their extensive efforts to fool detectives who were wo. The hacking of the network was compared to cracking the enigma code by Nikki Holland, then director of investigations at the NCA. 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The 34-year-old, who also interchanged the spelling of his surname to "Badibango", was detained by detectives after a series of raids in Formby and another in Whiston, which led to him being taken into custody. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. Jordan Talbot - LittleNev, James Ward - StableToast, and Jamie Carlton - StaleSloth. Coordinated by Europol and specialist French investigators, the string of arrests comes two years after French police hacked into the encrypted messaging network, used by thousands of high end criminals to discuss drug deals, money laundering and violence. The Tobin brothers Alan Tobin, 52, (left) and John Tobin, 40, (right). "Money man" Allan, who used the EncroChat handle "MessyZebra", was previously jailed for two years for dealing cannabis in 2005. Jordan Talbot was exposed as EncroChat boss "LittleNev" - a leader of a plot involving "at least" 500kg of Class A drugs. But when the secret messaging service was cracked by police last year, EncroChat users and their illicit dealings were uncovered. Read More Related Articles. The EncroChat Hack Was Hailed as a Major Coup Against Gangsters. French investigators managed to access Encrochat, an encrypted platform . Police also found a building in Rotterdam, which they believe was another criminal base. The network, said by the authorities to have been a hotbed for gangland plots, was penetrated in a joint French-Dutch probe in April 2020. Auckland, New Zealand +64-021-567-212 elephant rhyme to remember planets Once you're there, put your email address where it says at the top, then click on the Echo Court Files button. You can also sign up to our court newsletter here and get a twice weekly roundup of court cases sent your email inbox for free. Gabriel meanwhile, aged 29 and of Bolam Close in Manchester, was given a jail sentence of 13 years and six . 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. Thousands of officers from the NCA, regional crime squads and every police force in the UK were involved in the international operation, which was launched in April. Peter Heron was caught supplying cocaine and cannabis as part of the EncroChat hack. 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. Daniels, who was arrested in November, admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine and convert criminal property. There are other newsletters available too if you want them as well. 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. Jordan Quinn, 31, of Valiant Close, West Derby, was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and ketamine and possession of criminal property. Following a police hack of the EncroChat network, officers were able to link the 45-year-old to the phone, on which he discussed smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine on boats. The dad-of-three was exposed as a "wholesale" drug dealer behind the secret handles "TrustPilot" and "PrawnPilot". Ricardo Hughes - NovaCoast and Christopher Dooley - OctoOx. Image: Merseyside Police. But Europe Is Still Awash With Drugs. His Encrochat handle was Milliondolla. His Encrochat handle was ToffeeForce and he was identified after sharing an image on his Encro device of a block of cheese in the palm of his hand, from which his fingerprints were analysed. British authorities have arrested 746 suspects, seized tens of millions in cash, dozens of firearms and high-value cars, 2 tonnes of drugs, and even grenades in the country's "biggest ever law enforcement operation". He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. An unidentified source associated with EncroChat . READ MORE: Dealer 'Vilecrusher' told police: 'Anyone whos had those Encros is f***ing going'. Tom Duffy. The 49-year-old was stopped after officers became suspicious of his taxi credentials when they spotted his vehicle on the M62 in June. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. More than 100 people have now been charged by the Met Police as part of Operation Eternal. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. Several Scots household names are said to have been rounded up after a major crackdown on the EncroChat phone encryption network, leading to multiple arrests. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. But at least the CIA's mistakes were understandable in many cases. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. READ MORE: Window cleaner became 'MajorFox' in EncroChat ring after business dried up, 50 - 51. Nathan Loftus was involved in importing tens of kilos of heroin and cocaine from Holland into the country through Liverpool. They are just choosing to spend it more cautiously. The 25-year-old, of Moss Way, Croxteth, sent text messages under the handle "LoadedSun" discussing the sale of 136,000 of cannabis. Luxton dealt in various class A drugs and said he 'remained in the game' after 380,000 worth of drugs was stolen and he had to repay the debt to 'TopsKing'. The police have managed to establish the true identity of the users by analysing their individual messages and personal information. British law enforcement officials say they have made their biggest ever breakthrough against organised crime after hacking into an encrypted . What has emerged is a deliberate strategy in which law enforcement agencies not only target users of the devices, sometimes with highly technical operations that obtain the content of their messages, but also those who run the encrypted phone companies themselves. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, was sentenced to seven years six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply and two counts of possession of criminal property and possession of cannabis. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months.