Christopher Gibney was on the run for three years before being captured
A drug dealer who moved "vast quantities" of heroin and cocaine through a UPS depot was caught after his Encrochat devices were cracked by police.
Gibney did not challenge his extradition, and was taken from Madrid to Westminster Magistrates Court in London in April and appeared at Mold Crown Court today to face sentencing. Empty waybills labels were filled in and addressed to innocent companies - including a garage in Lower Denbigh Road, St Asaph - and placed on drugs packages.
The "vast majority" went undetected but there were seizures. In one on March 2020 UK Border Force intercepted a parcel from Amsterdam which was labelled "Car Parts Essex", for the garage in the St Asaph area. Anthony Barracough, defending, said his client never disputed his guilt nor challenged any extradition back to the UK. He asked for a full one third discount in the inevitable jail term but the judge His Honour Rhys Rowlands said an unequivocal indication of guilty pleas had not been given early enough.
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