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    A photo of a dad with his feet up watching Spider-Man put an end to his stint as a cocaine trafficker.<\/p>\n

    Darren Ablett was rumbled after EncroChat messages were infiltrated revealing chatter about "blowing wigs off," luxury cars and "making millions."<\/p>\n

    Detectives delved into the network – used by the criminal underworld to trade in drugs and illegal weapons – and combed through communications of the service user "HonestMallet" and "IvyHound" who had been connected to the supply of 27.5kg of cocaine, the Liverpool Echo reports. <\/p>\n

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    A whole host of clues led them straight to Ablett's door in Melling.<\/p>\n

    In one of the messages, he said he'd made warnings to one of his debtors, in which he was said to have threatened that he was "gonna blow his and his dad's wigs off".<\/p>\n

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    One early hint came in a message Ablett had sent to "AcidChest" – later revealed to be his "very close associate" Craig Gallagher, from Childwall, from his Honest Mallet handle on April 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

    Gallagher was locked up for 24 years earlier this month after the 36-year-old gang boss admitted conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis, conspiracy to convert criminal property and assisting an offence of conspiracy to transfer firearms –<\/p>\n

    In the message, he gave detailed instructions of a location on Station Road, only metres away from his address on Waddicar Lane, for a handover of cash.<\/p>\n

    Then, on April 22, "FierceCrow" – described as an "international drug trafficker" whose identity is unknown – agreed a deal to sell him cocaine at a price of \u00a337,000 per kilogram. Ablett would provide the postcode of a street "immediately adjacent" to his road for a subsequent drop-off.<\/p>\n

    But even bigger giveaways came in the form of pictures he had sent to other EncroChat users. One, posted to Fierce Crow on April 16, showed him with his feet up on a sofa underneath a blanket.<\/p>\n

    A television in the background beyond a pool table displays what appear to be the opening credits of the 2002 Spider-Man film, featuring Tobey Maguire. Tellingly, the image also shows a "luxury extension" to his house – including its "distinctive glass roof".<\/p>\n

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