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Essex News & Investigations

EncroChat cocaine kingpin James Harding who plotted murder from Dubai jailed for life
TWO Brits behind a multi-million pound cocaine empire run from Dubai, who plotted the murder of a rival dealer using encrypted mobile...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 26


More than 840kgs of cocaine seized at Tilbury Docks - four men arrested
Four men have been arrested and a huge haul of cocaine worth £80m recovered as part of a National Crime Agency investigation (NCA). The...
By JON AUSTIN
Feb 6


Suspected cocaine weighing 55kgs and worth £4.4m found in vehicle stopped on M25 motorway
A MAN has been charged with drugs offences after cocaine with an estimated street value of around £4.4 million was seized in a joint...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 22, 2022


KAVANAGH CASE: Sentence delayed again after Gary Vickery no show despite judge's warning
A MAN who flew to the Canary Islands after being given unconditional bail at the start of the an international drug smuggling prosecution...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 5, 2021


HUGE NUMBER OF ENCROCHAT CHALLENGES: CPS bid to streamline cases as 53 defendants appear in court
ABOUT 450 defendants charged in the country's biggest ever operation against suspected organised criminals appear to have lodged some...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 27, 2021


ENCROCHAT HACK: Three arrests in UK as warehouse in Netherlands raided over cocaine import plot
THREE men have been arrested and a warehouse in the Netherlands raided in connection with an alleged conspiracy to import cocaine into...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 6, 2020


ENCROCHAT HACK: Two more charged with cocaine smuggling as encrypted phone probe continues
TWO more men have been charged in the wake of the Encrochat law enforcement hack. Jack Bertram Fallon, 31, of Bramley Close, Olveston,...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 24, 2020


ENCROCHAT HACK: Encrypted phones probe claims first pub as boozer loses licence over cocaine links
A PUB at the centre of a major cocaine supply and cryptocurrency money laundering probe has had its license suspended. The White Horse in...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 17, 2020









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