EncroChat installed - an encrypted messaging platform linked to a rash of criminal activity. In a search of his flat, officers recovered drug dealing tools, traces of cocaine and more than £500 in cash.
Messages recovered from his EncroChat phone as part of Operation Venetic - the UK investigation cracking down on the encryption devices - provided further proof of his drug dealing.
O’Donnell pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition, the supply of class A drugs and money laundering.He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court to nine years and four months in prison on Saturday.The judge also ordered him to forfeit the £17,505 seized during his arrest on Friday 12 June.National Crime Agency (NCA) organised crime officer Matt.
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