Kingpins are among hundreds of previously “untouchable” gangsters who have been snared after a global encrypted phone network was smashed.
The most “significant” investigation into organised crime ever seen in the UK has seen 746 suspects held – some described as “iconic” who have escaped justice for years.
Officers have seized £54million in illegal cash along with two tonnes of drugs and 77 firearms including hand grenade and machine guns.
Hundreds of people who were being targeted by the gangs for violent attack, including murder, have been made safe because of the breakthrough.
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