Birmingham drugs gang that amassed firearms convicted

Danyal Aziz, Michael Earp and Nicole Rhone were convicted after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court

Danyal Aziz, 28, and Michael Earp, 32, used encrypted communications platform EncroChat to arrange buying and selling cocaine and heroin, investigators said.The Skorpion sub-machine gun was discovered at Rhone's home. In one message, Aziz discussed having a gun and bullets in his possession and using it against customers who owed him money, the NCA said.

Aziz ran the group and told Earp to deliver drugs money, investigators said, while the guns and ammunition were stored at Rhone's home in Bordesley in the city.A hidden space was additionally found behind the radio in the dashboard of Earp's vehicle when it was searched and traces of cocaine were found, investigators said.

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