Haulage boss who took flashy trips to Dubai and New York jailed over role in coke and cash transportation
jailed for 14 years and eight months.Irishman Thomas Maher, 40, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime abroad at an earlier hearing.The court heard that between March and May he played a role in conspiracies to transport a total of about £1.5 million of cocaine from the Netherlands to Ireland, via the UK, and to launder about £1 million cash between Ireland and the Netherlands.The father-of-three, of Warrington, Cheshire, used encrypted phone network Encrochat - which was accessed by law enforcement agencies across Europe earlier this year - to plan the transportation, the court heard.Sentencing him, Judge David Aubrey QC said: "You were an extremely important