India, Jan. 31 -- An Indian-origin drug dealer has been jailed for 20 years by a court in north-west England for plotting a range of firearms and drugs offences. Naginder Gill, 47, used the handle 'indianoceon' on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat in the plot involving 59-year-old Carl Ian Jones, and 29-year-old Harly Wise.

While Jones was handed a 30-year sentence, Wise was jailed for 25 years at a sentencing hearing at Bolton Crown Court on Thursday. The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) discovered Jones, Wise and Gill had been in discussions to trade military-grade weapons using EncroChat.

"These men are extremely dangerous offenders, and the streets are safer now that they're in prison," said Jon Hughes, branch commande...