How a lockdown haircut saw dealer 'Sylvester the Cat' linked to £3million 'Aladdin's Cave' of drugs brought to justice

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A heroin and cocaine drug dealer known as 'Sylvester the Cat' was rumbled after sending a selfie showing his lockdown haircut.

Terence Wilson was jailed nearly a decade ago after after acting as a runner for a gang that kept £3million pounds worth of drugs in a rented house on a sleepy suburban street, dubbed an 'Aladdin's cave of super strength drugs.' And he has last week handed another lengthy prison sentence after calling on criminal contacts overseas as he traded Class A and B substances in huge quantities over the encrypted communications platform EncroChat. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features He fled the country when the police came knocking at his door, with a court hearing his secret identity was uncovered by pictures he had sent to fellow service users - including a one showing his makeshift trim amid Covid-19 restrictions, and others wishing him a happy birthday.

The 'Aladdin's cave' was discovered in the property on Coral Avenue in Huyton, Liverpool, in September 2014 following a tip-off to police, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Liverpool Crown Court heard in March the following year that the haul of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and designer drug M-cat was valued at more than £3m.