Drug supplier who boasted of space for 10 cars jailed for 20 years

A drug supplier who hid behind the name of 'Luxuryfall' on an encrypted messaging service shared pictures of his cars, his garden and his house - unaware that police were watching on.

Lancashire man Simon Rooney used the Enrochat platform as part of his involvement in the supply of cocaine and mephedrone. Thinking it gave him complete anonymity, the 29-year-old also described about extensive work being done to his house, boasting his drive had 'space for ten cars'.

But the messages were recovered by French law enforcement and shared with the National Crime Agency, triggering an investigation. Following a trial at Oxford Crown Court, Rooney has been jailed for 20 years.

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NCA officers began investigating Luxuryfall’s messages in May 2020. Officers uncovered evidence he was involved in the supply of cocaine and methadone as he communicated under the handle 'Luxuryfall'. Rooney, from Burnley, also discussed importing cutting agents such as a horse wormer called tetramisole, to bulk out the drugs.

The 39-year-old was quickly identidied as the man behind Luxuryfall after he shared images of his cars, his garden and his house, and described the extensive work he was having carried out at his home.

One message read: “Mate I gutted this house its a nice area but looks like footballers moved in had it all k renders knocked walls out open plan massive kitchen dug all garden out on front made a massive drive fits 10cars…”

His guise started to crumble after Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport seized 336kg of tetramisole which they recovered from a flight inbound from Hong Kong, in May 2020.

NCA officers subsequently identified that the email