John Barton was involved in the supply of at least 140kg of cocaine between March 26 2020 and June 3 2020
A 'wholesale' Encrochat dealer who took selfies posing with drugs was busted by police after landing at Manchester Airport.
Another image - a picture of a Walther PKK handgun - sent to fellow EncroChat user Daniel Rushworth allowed detectives to tie the two criminals' seemingly unrelated offending together. Rushworth then asked "any slugs" before sending on a copied message from an unidentified potential buyer which said: "That's a...this me pal was on about...don't ask me mad questions about it cos I don't know. La's just aim it at people and shoot them."
Inside they found £100,000, half a kilo of cocaine, a money counter, vacuum sealer and expensive items including jewellery and golf clubs. Investigations into his EncroChat activity revealed that between November 17 2019 and May 28 2020 Rushworth stayed in contact with 21 other operators regarding the sale of 178kg of cannabis worth over £2.8m and another one and a half kg of cocaine.
Rushworth, who wrote a statement before his police interview admitting to being 'OctoRed', pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis, possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis and money laundering at the lower courts. He pleaded guilty to the count of conspiracy to sell/transfer a prohibited weapon on the day of his trial.
The prosecution's case against Barton was delayed due to the fact he was arrested in the Netherlands for a separate, unconnected offence which saw him jailed for six months. A warrant was issued for his arrest - and Barton was arrested by police when he landed at Manchester Airport in November last year.
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