A Liverpool criminal told an associate he had been selling drugs since he was just 14 years old.
Last week Brian Thomas Maxwell, 35, and his dad Brian Maxwell senior, 54, were jailed for over 30 years as a result of the police penetration of the EncroChat network. The father and son ran a nationwide drug network.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Brian junior used the Encro network to try and source high powered weapons after he was blamed for the theft of drugs from a rival gang. Brian junior, who already had two guns, attempted to buy an AK47, an AR-15 type semi-automatic rifle, a Grand Power pistol and a Walther PPK handgun.
