Stewart posted the photo on the encrypted messaging service EncroChat, which had been cracked by police. He said the force was "absolutely dedicated" to ensuring there were sufficient resources to investigate each case and police raids carried out across Liverpool on Wednesday were in response to the deaths and organised crime. Play Video. . Officers arrested the group in Liverpool and Devon and seized further items in relation to the offences. Within weeks of his return from Spain, Pancake was squabbling with Nicky Ayers, 46, a convicted Liverpudlian drug dealer. The Liverpool Echo sends newsletters on a wide range of topics - including our daily news bulletin, now going out three times a day. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk, Secret network messages can be evidence - judges, Gang caught after police cracked encrypted phones, Where's the best place to live in Liverpool? This kind of behaviour risks serious harm to the person carrying the weapon and those who they may encounter. Of the under-19s only 20% have faced criminal charges because many young people are recognised as victims of exploitation. Carl Stewart, 39, was identified through his fingerprints after police analysed the image he posted in an online chat. A notorious Liverpool drugs dealer who was supplied directly by the Kinahan cartel has failed in his bid to have a 26-year prison sentence overturned, it has emerged. Something went wrong, please try again later. However, the gang was brought down in a series of dawn raids after their secretive EncroChat messages were obtained by detectives. They flooded Merseyside with heroin from Turkey, cocaine from South America, ecstasy from Holland and all controlled from a double semi-detatched house in a suburb of Liverpool. Carl Stewart, 39, was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday. 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"Where I expected unashamed bravado, I found an appreciation for their own errors of judgement and a deep understanding of the impact of their involvement in the trade. Carl Stewart, 39, was identified through his fingerprints after police analysed the image he posted in an online chat. "It's simply to grow an understanding of how this criminal world operates.". Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Aboriginal spears taken in 1770 to return to Sydney, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart. Nine members of the gang were jailed for a combined total of just under 100 years across court hearings that concluded on Monday. Police said officers had been given the same name by two different sources while hunting the gunman. Typically operating unsophisticated versions of the increasingly common County Lines model of drug dealing - where customers order through graft phone lines operated by city-based bosses who then order locally-placed street dealers to carry out sales - detectives kept uncovering new networks as they probed those they already knew of. They had a villa in Spain bought with state handouts, while the drugs cash poured in and business was good. 11K views, 21 likes, 1 loves, 17 comments, 10 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Liverpool Echo News: Michael Toohey was chased by a gang of drug dealers and beaten to death. After being released, Showers started his criminal career as a bank robber. He is listed in the Sunday Times as a property . He was identified as the user of that handle thanks to personal information he disclosed within the messages, including addresses and vehicles linked to him. 1) Go to our dedicated newsletter page at this link. "All of these men [Showers, Burton, Mee] served significant custodial sentences as a result of their actions and unlike what we see in movies, their stories demonstrate that if you deal drugs on a major scale, justice will prevail and you will get caught. One arrest involved two teens in a park in Exeter. Stewart had used the name Toffeeforce to conduct his EncroChat deals. Facebook Watch. But Judge Murray said Wright, who used the EncroChat handle StunHun, had led a double life in which many of his friends and family wrongly believed him to be an upstanding member of society. MIchael Showers, 'Juicebomb' John Burton and Stephen Mee were major players in the underworld, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox, "The poverty and lack of opportunity they faced as children were common with all of them and drove them to make the decisions they did.". On Wednesday, Merseyside Police said a 35-year-old man injured in the shooting would be recalled to prison for allegedly breaching the terms of his licence conditions with "poor behaviour". Police encourage anyone with information about adults or young people involved in or at risk from suspected illegal activity and possible involvement in criminal groups, to report it here. British Transport Police (BTP) said officers have seen messages sent out by drug dealers asking who wants to make 500 this weekend? as they draw young people into the gangs. Joseph and Gregory Mulhare ran a huge drugs operation, delivering vast shipments of cocaine and ecstacy across Liverpool, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Oxford, Weston-Super-Mare, as well as . 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Already Liverpool dealers are understood to have shot at least one senior Colombian cocaine emissary in Amsterdam. Since the BTP county lines taskforce was set up in late 2019 officers have arrested 2,250 suspects linked to the gangs, 40% of whom were under the age of 19. Police seized 237,000 from his home in December 2020 but just months later a second search led the recovery of 15kgs of heroin. Police said afterwards it was an 'unusual case' due to the number of young people who took on leading roles in the crimes. A look inside the new Seacombe science and discovery museum, New Birkenhead gallery space holds colourful Rhi-opening event, Pure Brilliance: The Boodles Story opens at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Our Dee Estuary Wellbeing with Nature session 6 Red Rocks Nature Reserve, Help plant our community summer food crop, Turning Stories into Songs (Uncovering Birkenheads Working Class History). He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, conspiracy to supply MDMA, conspiracy to . Liverpool Echo News. Told as a three-part series, Liverpool Narcos shows not only how the drugs trade soon became a multi-billion pound business but also the devastating toll it had on many peoples lives. Image: Kristopher Mason/Merseyside Police, Why not follow birkenhead.news onFacebook, Instagram, andTwitter? His messages clearly identified him as the user of the atom-hawk Encrochat handle, which showed his involvement in conspiring to supply significant amounts of cocaine, heroin and cannabis, causing misery to the people of Merseyside. It is launching a campaign on Snapchat aimed at boys aged 13 to 15 in London, Birmingham and Liverpool to warn them away from getting involved with the criminal networks. The survey, carried out by OnePoll, found that 20% of the boys polled knew someone who sells or transports drugs. Manslaughter: 4 years. Members of the Fitzgibbon crime family, whose violent drug-dealing made them a number one target for the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca), are sent down for a total of 32 years. A Liverpool drug dealer 'atom-hawk' has been jailed today, Friday 16 December, for his leading role in Encrochat drugs supply. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Det Ch Supt Mark Kameen said the investigations into Olivia's death, as well as the recent shootings of 28-year-old Ashley Dale in Old Swan and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer in Dingle, were all "receiving first-class treatment and will continue to do so". Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Sam Smoothy, said: Throughout the life of the investigation the prosecution team prioritised keeping people safe by taking positive action against those involved where appropriate, ensuring that all the available evidence was carefully reviewed and considered. 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