Customers were able to access features such as self-destructing messages, which deleted from the recipient's device after a certain amount of time. The containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked encrypted phones used by criminals. Bradley Luxton laughed with a fellow drug dealer that they would need 'loads of Skys' - an alternative platform to EncroChat. So far, around 800 people, including some prominent crime figures, have been arrested from different parts in Europe using information acquired through EncroChat. EncroChat: Hundreds arrested after police infiltrate secret - CNN Liverpool's courts are some of the busiest in the UK, with a huge variety of cases being heard each week. When you've made your choice, press the Save Changes button at the bottom. 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. Police have made more than 1,000 arrests in the UK after French investigators infected EncroChat phones around the world with a software "implant" that covertly harvested messages and data . Police intercepted millions of messages including that of one of the suspects, a 40-year-old man from The Hague. He was jailed for 10 years and eight months. READ MORE:Warning issued to drivers travelling home for Christmas over new motorway rule. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Hundreds of other EncroChat users have been arrested across Europe. When the containers were almost finished, investigators decided to intervene. Bradley Luxton - SoupHedge and MerrySword. Officers found handcuffs attached to the floors and ceilings of the structures, which had also been soundproofed. Krusky appears to have a background working with internet service providers, according to forum posts and archived webpages. The identity of the crook who has adopted the name of the Reds' Brazilian shot stopper on the secret phone network remains a mystery. The EncroChat Hack Was Hailed as a Major Coup Against Gangsters. Strachan was convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. 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. In the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA), working with regional organised crime units, the Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement agencies, made more than 2,600 EncroChat-related arrests . 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Read about our approach to external linking. Encrochat: the top-secret network explained after the NCA helped hack phones of major crime figures and made arrests. For reasons unknown he was then released. 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. Sweden: Arrested Migration-Background Rapper Named 'Artist - Breitbart 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. Adam Lonergan, 30, 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. After French and Dutch police broke into EncroChat, British police were permitted to use their findings, meaning UK police forces were then able to kick down doors and make arrests. 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. Liam Garvey - ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. READ MORE: Gun thugs and gangland brothers jailed for botched underworld shooting, Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here, Raids carried out as part of the EncroChat probe Operation Venetic. READ MORE: 27m drug boss caught fleeing to Spain in BMW with girlfriend after spending spree, 56 - 58: Alexander Keating - DullTuna and WealthyMace, Paul Dillon - WaspLawn, and Dylan Garforth - DiorIce. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. Anthony Connolly, 29, 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. More than 100 people have now been charged by the Met Police as part of Operation Eternal. The insight into his life allowed detectives to match the messages of EncroChat codenames "SneakyStem" and "WackySilver" to the 33-year-old. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs. Anthony Lenehan, 57 and of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, was jailed for drugs and passport offences. 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. 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. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. Almost 800 people were arrested across the UK after French officials hacked the Encrochat platform enabling police to read text messages David Blackburn - SuperBiking. After the brothers were arrested, the police conducted a number of searches. Michael Burns, 39, of Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs. Hundreds of innocent people were detained alongside real terrorists. Garvey, who used the EncroChat handles "ChopperReid" and "ButterflyJuice" admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, cannabis and ketamine, conspiring to produce cannabis, and possessing cannabis.
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