EncroChat-linked drug offences: Dessie Enfield sentences to four years and six months

EncroChat-linked drug offences have resulted in Desmond ‘Dessie’ Enfield being sentenced to four years and six months at Craigavon Crown Court.

Enfield sentenced at Craigavon Crown Court

The 43-year-old, from Moneyreagh, was sentenced for being concerned in the supply of a Class A controlled drug and entering into an arrangement to acquire criminal property.

Half of the sentence will be served in custody, with the remainder on licence.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the case stemmed from Operation Venetic, the National Crime Agency-led operation targeting the EncroChat network.

EncroChat-linked drug offences investigated

Detective Inspector McCamley, from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch, said an examination of Enfield’s encrypted mobile phone found messages about supplying cocaine and cannabis, collecting drugs and handling cash.

Enfield was arrested in November 2021 after police searched his home in Antrim. He was charged the following month.

The PSNI said its Organised Crime Branch worked with the National Crime Agency and the Public Prosecution Service during the case.

Source: PSNI: Man sentenced in connection with drugs offences linked to EncroChat