The hacking of the highly secure Encrochat network helped police recover a terrifying arsenal of weapons including an AK47 and an Uzi, as well as a gun and ammunition buried in a back garden.
Seven men face lengthy jail sentences after sinister messages were revealed from the encrypted devices. A plot to 'hit back' after a shooting in Salford was laid bare, as well as deals to sell an AK47 and an Uzi sub machine gun and drugs conspiracies. READ MORE : Councillor suspended and police probe amid Labour row Police extradited one gun runner from Spain after catching him on the Costa del Sol.
Two packages were dug up in a back garden in Warrington, with a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol, a Grand Power semi-automatic pistol and ammunition being
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