Joshua Hayes领导的Merseyside团伙因贩运毒品和武器,在音频证据和加密通信的帮助下,被判处100年以上徒刑。 A Merseyside gang led by Joshua Hayes was sentenced to over 100 years for trafficking drugs and weapons, aided by audio evidence and encrypted communications.

由约书亚·海耶斯领导的默西塞塞德有组织犯罪团伙的12名成员,被称为“老板人”,在一项为期15个月的调查发现大规模毒品和火器行动后被判处100年以上徒刑。 Twelve members of a Merseyside organized crime group led by Joshua Hayes, known as "the Boss Man," were sentenced to over 100 years in prison after a 15-month investigation uncovered a large-scale drug and firearms operation. 警方利用Hayes的奔驰车中隐蔽装置的音频监视,暴露出一个提供大约9公斤可卡因和240公斤以上大麻的网络,其街头价值分别高达90万英镑和370万英镑。 Police used audio surveillance from a hidden device in Hayes’ Mercedes to expose a network that supplied about 9kg of cocaine and over 240kg of cannabis, with street value up to £900,000 and £3.7 million respectively. 三支火器,包括两支Skorpion冲锋枪和一支手枪,被发现藏在利瑟兰公寓的墙上,有同案被告的DNA和一个青少年将其与武器联系起来。 Three firearms—including two Skorpion submachine guns and a pistol—were found hidden in a wall void at a Litherland flat, with DNA from co-defendants and a teenager linking them to the weapons. Hayes在土耳其和Tenerife度假期间管理这次行动,被判处20年监禁。 Hayes, who managed the operation while vacationing in Turkey and Tenerife, was sentenced to 20 years. 其他成员因贩毒、持枪和洗钱而被监禁,证据包括加密电话、燃烧器装置和通过第三方账户洗钱的资金。 Other members were jailed for drug trafficking, gun possession, and money laundering, with evidence including encrypted phones, burner devices, and laundered funds through third-party accounts. 该案突出说明了为解散严重犯罪集团而协调执法的努力。 The case highlights a coordinated law enforcement effort to dismantle a serious criminal enterprise.