Gang leader nicknamed 'Jesse Pinkman' led multi-million pound drug plot
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA drug dealer who used a Breaking Bad-themed nickname led a sophisticated plot to produce millions of pounds worth of amphetamine at a secluded cottage.
The gang used encrypted phones to communicate and establish a complex network of supply chains across the country. However, their illegal enterprise was exposed following the European authorities' hacking of EncroChat in April 2020.
The gang members have since been jailed for a staggering combined total of more than 200 years in prison. But before then, the operation was extremely lucrative, making the gang millions as they transported their amphetamine across the UK, the Liverpool ECHO reports. READ MORE: One was the 'poor relation', the other 'up and coming'...
until now The gang's encrypted phones gave the conspirators a sense of invincibility due to their assurances that what they were doing was completely clandestine.
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