A pair of Essex drug dealers who used encrypted messaging platform EncroChat to run their criminal enterprise have been jailed for more than 25 years

A pair of Essex drug dealers who used encrypted messaging platform EncroChat to run their...

Grace Turner

Published: 9:57 pm March 8, 2023

Updated: 9:59 am October 8, 2025

A pair of Essex drug dealers who used encrypted messaging platform EncroChat to run their criminal enterprise have been jailed for more than 25 years.

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