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Essex News & Investigations

By JON AUSTIN
Dec 20, 2020
ENCROCHAT HACK: First case to collapse after prosecution couldn't prove accused used encrypted phone
EXCLUSIVE: BRITAIN'S biggest ever sting against organised crime sting has been dealt a blow after the case against a man charged with...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 19, 2020
Cannabis worth £1m found in every room of empty flats block in Essex coastal town Walton-on-the-Naze
CANNABIS plants worth more than £1 million were found across every room of an abandoned block of flats at a small seaside resort. Police...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 14, 2020
ENCROCHAT: Drugs kingpin Matthew Harrod already under investigation when encrypted phones found
A DRUGS kingpin and his network have been brought down after they were sentenced to a combined 138 years in prison. Matthew Harrod,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 26, 2020
REAL LINE OF DUTY: 'Brave' PC who stole cash from criminals while in uniform is kicked out the Met
A CORRUPT police officer, who worked with organised criminals to steal cash from other criminals, while on duty in uniform, has been...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 15, 2020
GANGLAND LONDON: Three firearms seized and four men arrested as net closes on Eastern European OCG
FOUR men have been arrested and three firearms seized as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into an organised crime...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 14, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Drug dealers 'turn to fraud to avoid risk of death or jail but still make as much cash'
DRUG dealers are turning to fraud as the risk of death or lengthy prison terms from being involved in supplying class A substances...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 3, 2020
Drill rap drugs gang member jailed for 20 weeks for breaching injunction banning them from Thurrock
A MEMBER of a drill rap street gang, involved in exploiting children to deal drugs using the 'county lines' system, who breached an...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 2, 2020
Man stopped on M25 had 30kgs of cocaine worth £3million in a bag in the boot
OFFICERS from the Met’s Specialist Crime North East unit have arrested a man and seized 30kg of suspected Class A drugs after stopping a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 29, 2020
ENCROCHAT HACK: Suspects arrested in encrypted phones probe were already known to investigators
THREE of the four latest people to be arrested under Operation Venetic - the wide-ranging investigation following the hack of the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 29, 2020
Warrington features in NCA major drugs probe again as another man arrested over huge import
THE net around a Merseyside organised crime has tightened after a seventh suspected member as part of an investigation into drug...
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