EDITORS NOTE: Image blurred at source. Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of James Harding being arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police following his extradition from Switzerland. A pair of drug kingpins are facing jail for plotting to murder a rival and smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK following one of the largest EncroChat investigations in history. James Harding, 34, and his "loyal right-hand man" Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire which made £5 million in profits from importing drugs over 10 weeks in 2020 alone. Issue dat

EDITORS NOTE: Image blurred at source. Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of James Harding being arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police following his extradition from Switzerland. A pair of drug kingpins are facing jail for plotting to murder a rival and smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK following one of the largest EncroChat investigations in history. James Harding, 34, and his "loyal right-hand man" Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire which made £5 million in profits from importing drugs over 10 weeks in 2020 alone. Issue dat Stock Photo

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EDITORS NOTE: Image blurred at source. Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of James Harding being arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police following his extradition from Switzerland. A pair of drug kingpins are facing jail for plotting to murder a rival and smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK following one of the largest EncroChat investigations in history. James Harding, 34, and his "loyal right-hand man" Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire which made £5 million in profits from importing drugs over 10 weeks in 2020 alone. Issue date: Tuesday June 24, 2025.

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