'No way manks f***er local': The audacious £1m cocaine heist that rocked the criminal underworld
10.05.2024 - 05:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In May 2020 the sight of delivery drivers dropping off a care package to residents cooped up because of the Covid pandemic was a familiar sight. But one particular drop-off on a Saturday morning that month had huge repercussions for the criminal underworld across the north west, and led to the downfall of two notorious crime gangs at either end of the M62.
A Salford-based crime gang, with the backing of a Liverpool gangster, carried out a bloody and brutal raid on a stashhouse belonging to a feared Merseyside outfit. The robbers left with more than £1m of cocaine.
In the aftermath, the Liverpool outfit sought their own brand of summary justice. Little did either side know that their every move was being monitored by police, with the assistance of an unparalleled portal into a previously unseen world within organised crime.
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The law enforcement infiltration of the EncroChat communications network provided police with a treasure trove of evidence which brought down both gangs, with prosecutors able to use their own messages against them. The system was previously thought to have been impenetrable, but its penetration has had far reaching repercussions for gangland.
The full story surrounding the audacious heist committed by the Cox gang can now be revealed, after court cases connected with the Liverpool outfit concluded. Given the Liverpool firm’s reputation, the head of the Cox gang will likely have to 'look over his shoulder' for the rest of his life, a court previously heard.
In carrying out the raid, the Cox gang joined forces with Liverpool gangster Richard Caswell, who was later attacked in the showers and had his neck
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