EncroChat gang with nicknames 'Shinyegg' and 'Mutantrabbit' moved £1m of drugs across Lancaster and Morecambe
After police accessed the chat system, they identified a group using the network to arrange and facilitate the wholesale supply of Class A and Class B drugs across Lancaster and Morecambe in 2020.
READ MORE: Predator's chilling threat to Lancaster woman he followed home from night out before canal sex attack Other members of the group used handles including ‘ITCHYTOXIC’, ‘SHINYEGG’ and ‘MUTANTRABBIT’. Mark Boult, 61 Terry Peel, 50 and Adam Dawson, 27 were identified as trusted members of the group who were hands on in the movement of drugs and money working directly for Neil Arkwright and Phillip Jenkinson.
Between September and October 2021, officers executed 13 search warrants in Lancashire and Greater Manchester and made numerous arrests. During the searches, cocaine, cannabis, weapons and more than £100,000 cash along with a significant amount of crypto-currency were recovered.
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