This is the moment a major drug dealer was finally caught up with after going on the run. Sean Farrell, 52, was involved in brokering large-scale cocaine deals. He was discovered following the Europe-wide investigation into the use of encrypted messaging system, EncroChat.

However, when officers raided his home in January 2022, Farrell had vanished. He fled to Spain to evade arrest and prosecution, where he remained at large for over two years, despite being circulated as wanted.

Yet on September 2 2024, officers finally caught up with him when they pulled over a Mercedes C Class on Stretford Road, in Old Trafford . He initially gave false details before coming clean. He was jailed this week for five years and three months for conspiracy to supply class A and class B drugs, conspirac

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