A drug smuggling gang who flooded Britain's streets with £81million worth of cocaine have been jailed for a total of 65 years after police hacked into their EncroChat messages.
Redon Bushi, 32, from Brentford, west London, was found to be acting as the leader of the group over a number of years.
Investigations into his operation revealed the kingpin had been using encrypted communications platform EncroChat and Signal to discuss his drug enterprise.
Signal is similar to other secure messaging apps such as Telegram, whereas EncroChat was a communication service only accessible via modified 'EncroPhones' and primarily used by organised crime groups.
In 2020, Operation Venetic - a joint effort between the UK, France and the Netherlands - infiltrated the platform, leading to thousands of arrests since.
