A drug dealer who used the pseudonym "Eager Ape" had close links to Spain and was involved in the supply of nearly 300kg of cocaine and cannabis.
Peter Lynch "entered the big time" of the criminal underworld after losing his job in the construction industry due to ill health. The dad went on to trade in huge quantities and paid his underlings wages of thousands of pounds every month to carry out illicit activities on his behalf.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Monday, that the 43-year-old deployed encrypted communications platform EncroChat in order to conduct his shady dealings, using the handle EagerApe. But these were exposed when police gained access to the messaging service during 2020.
