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The double life of a dad-of-two who worked as drugs courier for ‘Big Harry Potter’
04.02.2022 - 09:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dad who started working for an alleged drugs boss known as 'Big Harry Potter' after getting into financial problems has been locked up.
John Heald, 34, still went to work at his day job as he moved drugs and cash around for a crime gang.
The hack of EncroChat by law enforcement, a secretive encrypted phone network known as WhatsApp for criminals, proved to be his downfall and the dad-of-two has now been jailed.
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He was revealed to be using an EncroChat device with the handle 'Numbkiller'.
Heald quickly became 'up to his neck' in the gang, after suffering financial problems following a cocaine addiction.
Prosecutors allege that a man named in court as Terry Robinson from Salford was the head of the gang.
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He is at large and is wanted by police.
Robinson had the EncroChat handle 'Big Harry Potter'.
Manchester Crown Court heard that the gang dealt in 'very large quantities' of cocaine, cannabis and ketamine throughout Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
"The head of this group is a man called Terry Robinson," prosecutor Neil Fryman said.
"Mr Robinson is still at large, he is the EncroChat handle Big Harry Potter.
"Mr Robinson, or Big Harry Potter, was involved in buying and selling or multiple kilo amounts of cocaine and cannabis, as well as organising its collection and movement."
Mr Fryman said Heald could be linked to 2.2 kilos of cocaine, more
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