Black cab driver was ‘AK47’ coke dealer

A  black cab driver who ferried large quantities of cocaine to dealers stashed in the back of his taxi has been jailed for more than 11 years. Craig Rouse, 40, along with Robert Wiggins, 43, and Kevin Ryan, 45, were arrested as part of Operation Venetic – one of the UK’s largest crackdowns on organised crime. The investigation revealed the criminal underworld using EncroChat, an encrypted messaging network used by hitmen, cocaine dealers and people traffickers across Europe. Father-of-four Rouse,…