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Moment drug trafficker caught after sending photo of his dog on encrypted network

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Moment gangster plotting to smuggle £45m of drugs is caught after sending photo of his dog to accomplice

A drugs trafficker plotting to smuggle £45m-worth of MDMA to Australia was arrested after sending a photo of his dog on an encrypted chat.

National Crime Agency investigators swooped in on Danny Brown, 55, of Bromley, after his partner’s phone number was visible in a photo of his pet he sent to accomplice Stefan Baldauf, 62, of Ealing on EncroChat.

The pair were caught as part of a group of six co-conspirators.

Brown was jailed for 26 years, and Baldauf for 28.

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