A 'charity worker' lived a secret life as a drug kingpin who met Encrochat contacts while on holiday in Dubai.
Faiz Rehman bought and sold drugs including cocaine, heroin and cannabis over an 11-week period between March and June 2020. Despite a short time frame, he managed to facilitate the sale of drugs worth £4,227,000.
Prosecutor Tom Storey told Leeds Crown Court that the 37-year-old from Bradford had arranged with a supplier from Liverpool to buy "stock" which included class A drugs and conversed with suppliers and customers using EncroChat, the encrypted telephone and messaging system classified by the National Crime Agency as a criminally dedicated platform designed for and used by criminals.
