A 'distinguished' serviceman started working as a drug runner after falling into 'financial difficulties' when he left the military.
Oliver Harrison, 34, moved multiple kilos of cocaine and heroin around the country and even agreed to transfer a gun between members of an organised crime group.
He is one of two men who have been jailed after criminals' chats on encrypted Encrochat phones during lockdown were discovered by law enforcement who hacked the network.
Peter Downs, 47, who was further up the chain of the organisation, and was involved in wholesale purchase and distribution of both cocaine and cannabis, has also been sentenced.
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