These were the bundles of dirty cash stuffed in a bag for life discovered by police, after they uncovered a £6 million plot to import huge amounts of heroin and cocaine into the country.
The cracking of the encrypted EncroChat network led to 38-year-old dad Nathan Loftus being exposed as a high level drugs boss, responsible for importing class A drugs into the UK from Holland.
GMP said that EncroChat messages sent over a four month period revealed that Loftus purchased and imported 20 kilos of cocaine and 40 kilos of heroin, estimated to have a combined street value of £6 million. READ MORE : Five women arrested in connection with double murder in Manchester Loftus has now been jailed for 22 years.
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