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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 4, 2021
INVESTIGATION: How was Encrochat firearms suspect who was on licence from prison allowed to abscond?
A DEFENDANT in the country's biggest ever suspected organised crime operation was able to abscond after being bailed despite being on...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 3, 2021
NCA 'Encrochat' intelligence officer at centre of 'live intercept' legal challenge gets OBE
A NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY (NCA) officer at the centre of a legal challenge over the admissibility of Encrochat message evidence has been...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 22, 2020
ENCROCHAT HACK: Haulage boss linked to Kinahans bragged on encrypted phone of 20-years of crime
A HAULAGE firm owner who bragged about being involved in organised crime for over 20 years on messages sent through the Encrochat...
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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 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
Dec 11, 2020
ENCROCHAT HACK: British crime gang 'imported 450 kilos of MDMA to export to Australia in excavator'
THREE men were arrested in London and two in Sydney, Australia, following the seizure of 450 kilos of MDMA hidden within an excavator...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 11, 2020
BURIED IN THE GARDEN: Encrochat hack leads NCA to guns and ammo in grounds of Warrington home
TWO firearms and over a hundred rounds of ammunition have been found at a property in Warrington as part of a National Crime...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 6, 2020
ENCROCHAT HACK: Three arrests in UK as warehouse in Netherlands raided over cocaine import plot
THREE men have been arrested and a warehouse in the Netherlands raided in connection with an alleged conspiracy to import cocaine into...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 29, 2020
ENCROCHAT FUGITIVE: Clinton Blakey wanted by NCA after no show at court over firearms charges
A MAN charged by the National Crime Agency (NCA) with firearms offences following the Encrochat hack investigation has gone on the run....
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 26, 2020
ARMED AND DANGEROUS: Man nabbed picking up sawn-off shotgun and ammo in carrier bag
A MAN has pleaded guilty to a firearms offence after specialist officers recovered a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition from a vehicle he...
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