The photo he sent from the garden of his home helped in the arrest of drug boss Leon Atkinson in the United Kingdom.
The photo of this man smiling up to his ears while holding a can of beer help the police catch the drug boss and murderer searched for a long time.
The photo taken in April 2020 shows Leon Atkinson, 43wrapped in a red Armani T-shirt, was smiling while drinking in his garden during the UK’s coronavirus lockdown.
Atkinson was a criminal targeted by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and a close friend and allegedly with the police who killed Dale Creganserving a life sentence for four murders involving firearms.
Organized crime drug boss
Police believe Atkinson did leader of an organized crime group running from Tameside for 10 years, according to Manchester Night News.
Leon Atkinson, the drug boss imprisoned in the United Kingdom.
Atkinson was tested with Cregan in 2013. accused of killing Mark Short, 23in a Droylsden pub.
Two were also charged with attempting to kill three other people: Mark’s father, David, 46, and police officers Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23.
Cregan later admitted to the crimes, but Atkinson, who police believe ordered Short’s murder, was acquitted by the jury.
Key photo for the arrest
The image of the drug dealer lying in the sun became the primary evidence for his arrest.
Then send a man named JasonCox, the “secret” was discovered so that will see Encrochat network criminals that they used to send messages to each other.
Police found it on Cox’s phone while investigating the Salford -based family’s drug -selling activities.
Dale Cregan, one of the comrades of drug boss Leon Atkinson.
Using the identifiers “Carrothorn” and “Maidenbear”, Atkinson sent a message to the Cox clan to negotiate the purchase of half of the 1.2 million dollars with cocaine they stole from a notorious criminal in Liverpool.
Police believe Atkinson knew the cocaine had been taken from other criminals, but that it had not been stolen from a powerful Merseyside company, British media determined.
Jason and Craig Cox, the liverpool gangsterRichard Caswell, and laborer Ben Monks-Gorton, performed a brutal robbery in gang drug hideout to obtain 30 kilograms of cocaine with a wholesale value of 1.5 million dollars.
One father and son were seriously injured when they were injured attacked with machete and ax during the theft of goods hidden in a storm drain.
Encounter, arrest and trial
The deal with Atkinson is over near Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium. At the time of delivery, Michael Nevin sold six kilograms of cocaine to Nathan Powell, who used an Encro handle ‘Festivetape’.
Then a customer contacted me again and said he wanted to buy another seven kilos of the drug. And the second meeting will also be near the English team’s stadium.
Etihad Stadium, the home ground of Manchester City in England.
The court heard that the criminals involved in the delivery they used the password “Man City” for the meeting and until one of Nevin’s clients got angry about using that password because he was a fan of Manchester United, the most popular team in town.
Greater Manchester Police and the North West Regional Crime Unit later arrested the main participants in the conspiracy.
Roger Smethurstthe detective’s chief inspector, commented on the photo Atkinson sent to Cox: “They have so much confidence in the safety of these devices that they have become so indifferent to its use.”
He added: “They thought they were undetectable by the Police. And he wasn’t the only one who made a mistake. Atkinson has been the leader of an organized crime group for the past ten years“.
Nearly 800 people have been arrested across the UK after French officials hacked the platform, allowing police to read text messages.
Source: Clarin
