A DJ turned dealer used his "big horrible mate" to enforce a £100,000 drug debt and saw £15,000 as small change.
Martin Lamb secretly used the codename "Masked Swan" as he trafficked up to 123kg of heroin, cocaine and cannabis. The profits of his involvement in the underworld and connections abroad allowed him to pay for a luxury apartment in an exclusive gated development overlooking Sefton Park as he shipped drugs as far afield as London and South Yorkshire.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Tuesday, that the 34-year-old was identified as the EncroChat user "MaskedSwan" as other contacts had this handle saved on their devices under names including "Mart", "Martin", "Mart Lamb", "Martin Kettle" and "Martin Lamb". Henry Riding, prosecuting, described how he also gave out his address on Ibbotsons Lane, near Sefton Park in messages to others and referred to having an auntie who worked as a nurse at Whiston Hospital as well as driving a "blue Q5" having been the registered keeper of such an Audi car.
