More than 30 serious criminals have been jailed after UK police cracked their encrypted text messages and uncovered a violent feud over stolen drugs.
Crime bosses in the Huyton Firm, had planned to murder the men they thought had taken more than £1m of cocaine from them.
After a successful challenge in court, BBC Panorama obtained 10,000 of the firm’s messages.
They reveal plans for brutal violence, including a hand-grenade attack.
The Huyton Firm – named after the part of Merseyside where it is based – has been run for 30 years by two secretive brothers.
Watch Panorama’s The Crime Bosses who Terrorised a City here: https://bbc.in/3UCxvKh
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