Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Eight men have been arrested after an investigation into a suspected crime gang behind the importation of drugs on a huge scale and a plot to supply a gun.
The suspects, aged 25 to 40 were arrested today across the north west as part of a National Crime Agency operation. Intelligence for the strikes emerged from Operation Venetic set up after police hacked the secret, encrypted Encrochat communication servers in France which provided a WhatsApp for serious criminals. READ MORE: This is why police were in Spinningfields this afternoon In a series of co-ordinated strikes, NCA officers arrested two men in Cheshire, one in Cheadle Heath, Stockport, and
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