Kosovan drug dealer snared in EncroChat sting

A Kosovan builder who played a leading role in an organised crime gang exposed when police penetrated the secret messaging site EncroChat has been jailed for 14 years. The bust was part of one of the UK’s ‘biggest and most significant’ law enforcement operations which led to the arrest of over 800 people after messages were intercepted and decoded by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Begin Pupla, 36, admitted supplying 17kg of cocaine between April and July 2020. He was…