Officials in France have refused to share information about a software they used to spy on the encrypted messaging service Encrochat.
The French authorities have refused to hand over evidence during a trial into an alleged cocaine smuggling ring due to concerns over national security.
The 59-year-old is accused of 14 charges, including money-laundering, which span from January until September 2020, and relate to consignments of bananas shipped from Ecuador to the Port of Dover in Kent in 2020. All six men deny the charges, with Stevenson lodging a special defence of incrimination, at a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Former detective Mr Miller was assigned to the case to see if boxes seized at the Port of Dover in September 2020 all contained the same packaging. The Port of Dover where the gang is accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine into Britain from Ecuador
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