Chilling EncroChat messages reveal a British cocaine kingpin plotting the murder of a rival from his luxury Dubai villa - and the moment his gang realised police were on to them.
James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire that trafficked an estimated £100million worth of cocaine into the UK.
They tried to recruit a hitman to put an unnamed rival courier 'permanently out of business', arming him with a gun and ammunition for the 'full M' - meaning murder.
Following their conviction at the Old Bailey trial, MailOnline has obtained EncroChat logs which reveal how they went about planning the hit.
Harding is shown offering £100,000 for the murder and ordering that the assassin carry out a 'double tap' shot to the head and chest.
