The force said 426 people had been jailed for a total of 3,722 years behind bars in the investigation, named Operation Eternal, since it began in March 2020.
More than 400 criminals, including senior “kingpins” in organised crime, have been sent to prison in a Metropolitan Police operation targeting the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform.
EncroChat was a secret operating system accessed by a secure password on Android phones, with each user of the platform given a unique “handle” made up of a noun and an adjective. “They were playing out their lifestyles , trading drugs, ordering violence and murder here on the streets of London, and we could see that play out in a way we’ve never seen before. It was a significant leap forward.”
The Met said 942 arrests had been made in Operation Eternal so far, with 784 of those charged and 426 convicted.Naki Aslan, 39, a high-ranking gang member, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for conspiring to import in excess of 20kg of heroin and cocaine as part of the operation. The EncroChat messages from Aslan read: “You got anyone to fire a couple of shots? From the waist down but urgent. I wanna get him popped ASAP.”
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