A "middle man" in the supply of heroin and cocaine was caught after sending pictures of his girlfriend's dog to other drug dealers.
Police discovered the "Little Book of Dennis", a photo album containing countless shots of the pet dachshund, in Bobby Allen's bedroom when they raided his grandmother's home. This ultimately identified the 27-year-old as the EncroChat user "AcidGlove", who had secretly been trading in huge quantities of class A and B illicit substances.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Tuesday, that messages on the encrypted communications platform evidenced that he had been involved in trafficking at least 14kg of heroin, 10kg of cocaine, 13kg of cannabis, 5kg of ketamine and 5,000 ecstasy tablets. Henry Riding, prosecuting, described how Allen was linked to the handle after others he had been in communication referred to him as "Bobby, young Bobby, twinny and baby twin" - the defendant having a twin brother, whom he had named during his own texts.
