The double life of a dad-of-two who worked as drugs courier for ‘Big Harry Potter’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA dad who started working for an alleged drugs boss known as 'Big Harry Potter' after getting into financial problems has been locked up.
John Heald, 34, still went to work at his day job as he moved drugs and cash around for a crime gang. The hack of EncroChat by law enforcement, a secretive encrypted phone network known as WhatsApp for criminals, proved to be his downfall and the dad-of-two has now been jailed. READ MORE : Cop saved by his body armour as armed officers take out gang He was revealed to be using an EncroChat device with the handle 'Numbkiller'.
Heald quickly became 'up to his neck' in the gang, after suffering financial problems following a cocaine addiction. Prosecutors allege that a man named in court as Terry Robinson from Salford was the head of the gang.
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