A 'leading light' in a gang which supplied guns and drugs across Greater Manchester planned to make so much money he'd be 'set up for life', a court heard.
Mohammed Shahid was described as a 'key facilitator' in a Cheetham Hill -based organised crime group which trafficked firearms and 'wholesale amounts' of heroin and cocaine. In March 2020, during the early days of the UK's coronavirus lockdown, Shahid helped arrange for a courier to deliver six firearms and 180 rounds of ammunition to Luton.
But the gang's activities were uncovered when police hacked the EncroChat encrypted messaging service, a secretive phone network favoured by organised crime, Manchester Crown Court heard.
