Two inmates serving time for audacious crimes joined forces when released from prison in an effort to build a drug empire.
Ashley Moorcroft, aka EncroChat drug boss "RustyPalace", used a network of foreign contacts to import cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamine. He called on his old prison pal Craig Murray, aka "MicroBlue", to transport drugs and cash for him across the UK.
Painter and decorator Murray ferried the illicit product for Moorcroft in vehicles with specially constructed "hides". But they and a third man, Jonathan McKeown, aka "BushTern", who brokered deals and kept a ledger showing more than £1m in cash changing hands, were all busted thanks to the EncroChat hack.
