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Drug dealer caught out by picture of own driveway
A prolific drug-dealer was caught out after sending pictures of his own driveway in Liverpool over the supposedly secure ...
Bungling drug dealer caught by police thanks to his driveway in Liverpool
Detectives uncovered an evidence gold mine to identify a drug dealer on an encrypted messaging network when he posted images ...
Operation Dark Phone: What is EncroChat and how did the National Crime Agency take it down?
A new Channel 4 documentary will tell the story inside the investigation - the ECHO explains what EncroChat was ...
He shared a photo of some M&S cheese - now he's in prison for 13 years
More than 200 murders have been stopped since the secret network EncroChat was busted by the National Crime Agency, a top investigator who worked on the major case says ...
Murder by text: How police hacked an organised crime group chat
Your modern-day top-tier criminal is far from the Great Train Robber figure of yesteryear. Nowadays, they’re tattoo-festooned ...
Operation Dark Phone: What was EncroChat and how was the mobile network used to take down gangs?
A NEW Channel 4 documentary will tell the story of a gripping international investigation into the criminal plans made via a messaging platform. Channel 4 aired the first episode of the ...
Top cop on EncroChat case tells how 'busting the network might have helped stop 200 murders'
When French and Dutch experts cracked the code for the EncroChat network, Britain’s National Crime Agency launched Operation ...
Crimefighting chiefs feared police leak would destroy Encrochat probes that snared Scots gangsters
A LEAK threatened to compromise the National Crime Agency‘s Encrochat probe that went on to snare scores of Scotland’s most ...
Son of The Farm's singer jailed for £1.3m drug supply
The son of the lead singer of the band The Farm has been jailed for running a drug operation which spanned the UK. Police ...
Inside horrifying underworld torture chamber criminals used until bombshell discovery was made
A horrifying underworld torture chamber was used by criminals in the Netherlands until a huge discovery explored in a new ...
Downfall of EncroChat's 'AceProspect' who ordered hitman to carry out sickening acid attack
The NCA's search for 'AceProspect' is the subject of the first episode of Channel 4's 'Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text' ...
A painful blow for drug dealer caught out by his distinctive 'Ouch' tattoo
Dean Matthews, 46, was snared after police cracked EncroChat network and nailed a crucial piece of evidence that tied him to ...