Cocaine dealer rumbled after sharing picture of his driving licence in dark, murky network used by criminal underworld
A 'seasoned' cocaine dealer has been jailed after posting a picture of his driving licence within a murky network favoured by the criminal underworld. while using a highly encrypted phone.
Carroll, 36, from Oldham, was discovered to be operating on the shady system, which was hacked by law enforcement, using the handle 'Buckswamp'. Manchester Crown Court heard he took orders from another EncroChat user known as Faded Pickle, who was believed to be operating from Spain.He was unmasked after police trawled through EncroChat messages, using identifying features to link the anonymous messages to a real life person.
He completed day to day tasks including collecting and delivering drugs and cash. He also collected a Glock pistol on behalf of Faded Pickle, and sent him pictures of the deadly firearm. He was only arrested two-and-a-half years later, in October last year, and subsequently pleaded guilty. Carroll left crime behind him had found a job working on the railways, his barrister Katherine Pierpoint said.
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