An EncroChat drug dealer complained about the coronavirus pandemic disrupting his business, and claimed to have a key worker acting as a drugs courier during the first lockdown.
Nico Logan, from Wythenshawe, has been locked up for 16 years after his multi-kilo dealing in cocaine, heroin and cannabis was exposed when law enforcement hacked the encrypted network.
His co-conspirator Jordan Gabriel, also from Wythenshawe, has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half years for his part in heroin and cannabis plots. READ MORE : The smiling, evil 'psycho' who murdered girlfriend's baby The pair also sourced a 9mm pistol using the secretive network, and discussed 'sprayers' which could 'kill a family in seconds'.
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