A "well educated young man" who used Encrochat to discuss the sale of thousands of pounds worth of class A drugs by using a codename has been jailed.
James Frazier was found to have sent and received thousands of messages on the service, often used as a secret communication system by criminals including organised crime gangs and drug dealers. His home in Grosvenor Road, Headingley, was raided by police during a search warrant in late June 2020.
Prosecutor Robert Galley told Leeds Crown Court on Monday officers found over 13,000g of ketamine in the flat, some of which was in packages. Four sets of digital scales which had traces of white powder on them, over £30,000 in cash, foreign bank notes, a bank cash machine and two iPhones were also found.
