Show off Encrochat drug dealer called 'loveablecrab' led police straight to his front door after posting images of swanky flat
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA show off drug dealer led police right to his front door after sending boasting images of his swanky city centre high rise flat.
Between April 2020 and May 2020 Shaqeel Ditta, 36, was conspiring with others using Encrochat - dubbed a 'WhatsApp for criminals' - to supply class A drugs.
After receiving information from the National Crime Agency, detectives from Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation to trace who was behind the anonymous handle ‘lovablecrab’. READ MORE: Paava "Paul" Corkovic, once notorious armed robber who turned his back on crime, is killed in motorcycle crash This soon led officers to Ditta, whose messages showed him arranging and facilitating the sale of large quantities of cocaine.
Ditta would often source the drugs, then sell them on to buyers immediately, without ever having to come into contact with the drugs himself.
