Overview
- Bolton Crown Court sentenced Carl Ian Jones to 30 years, Harley Wise to 25, and Naginder Gill to 20 on January 29 after an NCA-led prosecution.
- EncroChat messages showed the men acted as facilitators moving significant quantities of Class A and B drugs across Greater Manchester, Birmingham and London.
- Evidence covered attempted or actual deals involving an AR15, AK47s, an Uzi, handguns, ammunition and silencers, with Jones convicted of conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons.
- Wise discussed abducting a man over a £350,000 drug debt and brokered a 2020 sale of two 9mm handguns and 50 rounds; the intended target is believed to be safe overseas.
- Gill plotted to evade cocaine importation via Birmingham Airport using diamond-trading trips as cover, while Jones admitted hiding guns linked to a Mallorca property, and the NCA labeled the trio extremely dangerous.