Three in court after NCA crack secret phone chat network

Three accused members of an organised crime gang have appeared in court after police penetrated the secret messaging site EncroChat to bust hundreds of suspected drug dealers. One of the UK’s ‘biggest and most significant’ law enforcement operation culminated in the arrests of over 800 people after messages were intercepted and decoded by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Mohammed Sabek, 33, Philemon Ghezzehey, 35, and Begin Pupla, 35, attended separate hearings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Richmond builder Pupla…