Martin Murphy, 45, used three handles on the EncroChat communications platform favoured by serious and organised criminals. 

But police uncovered dozens of messages and images from his phones that exposed the extent of his drug-trafficking activities following a search of his house. 

Murphy, of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after pleading guilty to drug offences between April and October 2021. 

Sineidin Corrins, deputy procurator fiscal for specialist casework at the Crown Office, said: “This was a highly successful prosecution which has removed a large quantity of drugs from our streets and caused significant disruption to the local supply chain.  

“Martin Murphy will now spend time in prison paying for his crimes thanks to an extensive police operation, working with COPFS, to investigate and disrupt a network of drug supply.  

“Drug trafficking wrecks lives and blights communities where drugs take hold.”