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Duo used encrypted system to run drugs empire and plot murder
Two men have been found guilty of plotting a murder and running a drugs empire on an encrypted communications network.
James Harding, 34, and his "loyal right-hand man" Jayes Kharouti, 39, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder on Tuesday. Harding was also convicted of conspiring with others to import cocaine, which Kharouti, from Epsom in Surrey, had admitted.
Three other members of the organised crime group had previously admitted drug offences. The men's criminal empire made £5m in profits from importing drugs over 10 weeks in 2020 alone.
The trial of both men was held at the Old Bailey in London amid heightened security. The court heard they had tried to recruit a hitman to put an unnamed rival courier "permanently out of business".
They armed him with a gun and ammunition for the "full M.
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