These are the bizarre nicknames used by drug dealers and their associates on encrypted messaging service Encrochat.
Used by top-tier gangsters across Europe, the software was expensive and seen as impenetrable - meaning many spoke freely of their antics on messages sent through the system.
Last year, Encrochat was breached in a major breakthrough in the battle against organised crime
Smashing through the previously impenetrable EncroChat messaging service is one of the biggest breakthroughs in the war on crime this century.
It has allowed police to read some of the darkest conversations across the European underworld - an arena in which some of Liverpool's most prolific gangsters retain influence.
Merseyside was the Encrochat capital of the UK with hundreds of criminals here using secret handles.
Investigators say our region was responsible for the highest use of the shadowy communication platform devices than anywhere else in Britain.
The figures were higher than those seen in Manchester and London.
Up to 400 Encrochat handles were found in the North West, and the majority of them were in Merseyside.
The shock statistics were disclosed to the ECHO by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
These are some of the Encrochat nicknames to have come before the courts as dealers and their associated were prosecuted.
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'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice'
Two drug dealers involved in large scale cocaine supply were arrested as they tried to board a flight to Spain at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Detectives from Cheshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) intercepted Alexander Keating, 30, and Dylan Garforth, 25, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent.
Their capture followed a warrant executed at the home of co-conspirator Paul Dillon, 32, on Norlands Park in Widnes, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30 when police seized almost £30,000 in cash.
Investigators had been monitoring Keating, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes, Garforth, of no fixed address, and Dillon for three months via the hacked EncroChat network, which was cracked by international law enforcers in May 2020.
Dillion, of Norlands Park in Widnes, used the codename “Wasplawn” to communicate with Keating who used the handles “Dulltuna” and “Wealthymace”, while Garforth called himself “Dior-Ice”.
After their arrests, Keating pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply 30kg of high purity Class A cocaine and large quantities of cannabis; Dillon admitted conspiring to supply 3kg of high purity cocaine, large amounts of ketamine, which is Class B, and to supplying more than £500,000 of cannabis, also Class B; while Garforth pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply 10kg of high purity cocaine.
Dillon and Keating also admitted conspiracy to transfer a firearm.
At Chester Crown Court, Keating was sentenced to 22 years and five months in prison, Dillon to 18 years, and Garforth received a 15-year sentence.
Together their sentences totalled just over 55 years.
'Headfluffy'
Mark Cavanagh went by the codename 'Headfluffy' as he operated on Encrochat.
When detectives hacked into his software they unravelled a web of contacts and read messages in which he ordered Class A drugs and boasted of his "grafting" ability.
His sentence hearing in September 2020 was one of the first in the UK to hear evidence gained since Encrochat was breached in a major breakthrough in the battle against organised crime.
Cavanagh, from Wallasey, called on wholesalers from Merseyside, Manchester and beyond to make sure his stocks of heroin and crack cocaine could meet demand in Ellesmere Port and the Lache area of Chester.
Detectives believe he may have sold almost 50kgs of Class A drugs across the two operations, raking in as much as £2.3m.
The 30-year-old started up the drugs 'lines' - nicknamed the Dell Line and the Dark Line - after he moved to Ellesmere Port.
From there, he used connections in Wallasey and further afield to create a network of suppliers, couriers and safe houses that allowed him to gain a foothold in the town's drugs trade.
Through his Encrochat-enabled mobile phones Cavanagh tapped into a web of suppliers across the north of England and Scotland.
But having seized phones from him, Cheshire Police sought to break into his messages and peak inside his mind.
In doing so, they found how Cavanagh had operated under a series of codenames - the final one being "Headfluffy".
Cavanagh was sentenced to 14 years and six months after admitting conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.
The sentence included 12 months handed to him for dangerous driving following an incident in which he tried to run undercover police officers off the road. Mr Gunn said Cavanagh had believed the officers were rival criminals.
'Milliondolla'
Michael Burns bigged up his cocaine dealings as he was drowning in thousands of pounds worth of debt after a court heard drugs were "lost on his watch".
His defence barrister said the dad-of-three used "bravado" and "exaggeration" as he fell deeper and deeper into debt with another other EncroChat user, at one point owing £100,000.
The 39-year-old wrote in one message, while worrying about the impact of lockdown on business, that his mum had given him a council pass so he could deal drugs without arousing suspicion.
Stephen McNally, prosecuting, said Burns was the "go-to supplier for several other ‘handles’" who dealt in "tops", used to refer to cocaine, and "jackets", referring to cannabis.
Mr McNally explained in one conversation with EncroChat user 'Merryspeaker', Burns talked about delivering £17,000 with the promise of £6,000 later in the day.
Later he talked about how he was struggling to get hold of cocaine and to “keep me round going.”
Mr McNally said: "A message sent to ‘Souphedge’ states 'None me lads can get about properly to graft, its a f***ing nightmare'."
In another message, using his Encro handle 'Milliondolla', he wrote: “Got a pass off me mum saying I work for council so can get about as well easily …”
Mr McNally said it was revealed through the EncroChat messages Burns had high end international contacts.
In one message 'Heftycalm' said he had just returned from Colombia and the two discussed another man who "couldn’t get to his phone due to the lockdown restrictions'' in the prison.
Mr McNally said in a discussion with 'Merrysword’, Burns states he's receiving "top Colo" at £37,000 per kilo.
Burns said he had cocaine "coming out me ears" and that he can get “as many as I want at 37s an dats on strap.”
Burns, of Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Burns was jailed for 12 years.
'Coastalsummer'
Thomas Brabbins was found with no clothes on trying to flee through an upstairs window out of his Huyton home as he clutched a Nokia mobile during a police raid.
The dad of two had sent photos of huge blocks of cocaine that he would divide up and package, informing his boss under the nickname 'coastalsummer' on encrypted messaging service EncroChat.
But despite being arrested in June last year the 28-year-old continued with his life of crime after he was released under investigation and was caught five months later with £2,700 of cash and three mobile phones.
Stephen McNally, prosecuting at Liverpool Crown Court, explained police found the EncroChat Aquaris mobile phone at Brabbins' home address on Cherry Tree Road.
Mr McNally said that using the name 'coastalsummer' Brabbins would message handles 'rustytoxic' and 'the-car' which are believed to have belonged to a male called Kevin Nolan who is wanted by police and still at large.
The offences took place between March 25 and June 15 last year, the court heard.
Christopher Stables, defending, said Brabbins' reason for becoming involved in drug dealing was the pandemic.
Mr Stables said: "His principal worry was he and his family lived in privately rented accommodation and he was fearful he wouldn't be able to make or maintain rent payments."
Brabbins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, two counts of acquiring criminal property and possession of cannabis.
The judge jailed Brabbins for seven and a half years.
'Bleakmoth', 'BassBelt' and 'OrdinaryDingo'
Drug dealer Liam Hughes snorted his profits away and enjoyed up to six holidays a year, jetting off to see top DJs at events in Ibiza and Croatia, thanks to his ill-gotten gains.
The 24-year-old even roped in his own dad to act as his private "chauffeur" and a drug courier, because he himself couldn't drive.
Hughes - who used his daughter's name as the password for his BleakMoth account - recruited his 46-year-old dad, Brian Marshall, as a "driver and a chauffeur".
Dad-of-four Marshall, of Robson Street, Everton, also worked as a "courier" for the gang and made 10 identified trips in one of six "slot" cars to Cardiff and London.
Using an encrypted EncroChat phone with the handle "BleakMoth", he raked in up to £8,000 a month when business was good.
But Hughes' lavish lifestyle came crashing down and both he and his dad ended up behind bars.
Hughes was in a gang who moved such "eye-watering" amounts of drugs, they kept track on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets rather than paper tick lists.
The Liverpool-based crew shifted 170kg of cocaine, 11kg of heroin and 290kg of cannabis - worth more than £8m in total - in a little over two months.
Prosecutors said their slick operation had international links to Morocco, Spain and Dubai, and connections across the UK to London and Cardiff.
Liverpool Crown Court heard the gang was allegedly led by a man named Callum Hogg, aka EncroChat user "SpeedyHerder", who remains at large.
Hogg's cousin, the former boxing champion Ryan Mulcahy, 29, aka "BassBelt", was given responsibility for the cannabis arm of the conspiracy.
Anthony Connolly, 30, aka "OrdinaryDingo", was the courier and "accountant", who kept track of finances and stock on spreadsheets on his MacBook Pro.
Hughes admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis, and to convert criminal property, and possessing cannabis. He was jailed for 14 and a half years.
Marshall, who also made 10 trips to Cardiff and London, ferrying drugs for the gang, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine.
The "trusted and frequent courier" was jailed for 10 years.
Connolly, formerly of Ellerman Road, Liverpool city centre, now of Station Road, Melling, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis, and to convert criminal property. The "bookkeeper" was jailed for 14 and a half years.
Mulcahy, of Maregreen Road, Kirkdale, admitted conspiring to supply cannabis and to convert criminal property. He was jailed for six and a half years.
'SnowEmu', 'JurgenNeverStops' and 'AlissonBecker'
Jordan Hughes traded cocaine and heroin with crooks using names of Liverpool FC stars on EncroChat.
The drug dealer went by the alias 'SnowEmu' on the encrypted messaging service.
The dad-of-two, who had no legitimate income, owned a Mercedes SUV and boasted of a two-storey extension to his Roby home.
The 30-year-old even took his family on a six-week summer holiday to Spain, all thanks to his deals with other criminals going by handles including "JurgenNeverStops" and "AlissonBecker".
But his involvement in trafficking an estimated 15kg of Class A drugs came crashing down when police agencies hacked EncroChat last July.
And just days after the family returned from the extravagant trip, police raided their house, arrested Hughes and seized £2,850 in cash.
Hughes was jailed for 12 years.
'SacredMask'
Drug dealer Michael Townsend used the name "SacredMask" and was brought down after his secret EncroChat messages were hacked by police.
The 26-year-old, from Grant Road in Huyton, was arrested in June 2020 after messages from his handle spoke about the multi-kilo supply of cannabis to a number of different people.
At Liverpool Crown Court he was convicted of conspiracy to supply cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property and sentenced to six years in prison.
'AtomicMantis'
James Duckworth went by the handle 'AtomicMantis' and nickname 'Silky' on the encrypted messaging service EncroChat.
The 42-year-old distributed more than 48kg of cocaine and heroin for an international drug trafficker known only as "FierceCrow".
After his extraordinary secret life was revealed, Duckworth was handed a sentence of 16 and a half years behind bars.
Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said numerous EncroChat users were given instructions to drop off drugs or cash linked to FierceCrow at Duckworth's home, but none of the people behind these handles had as yet been formally identified.
Duckworth, who gave two "no comment" interviews to police, admitted two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs plus conspiracy to convert criminal property and possessing criminal property.
He has nine previous convictions for 19 offences, dating back to when he was a youth, which include dishonesty, drink driving, taking vehicles without consent and possessing cannabis, but nothing for dealing drugs.
Duckworth showed no emotion as he was sent down.
'Fastsilver'
The owner of a building company was exposed as an EncroChat drug dealer nicknamed 'FastSilver'.
Steven Strachan portrayed himself as a legitimate businessman living in a house he had extensively refurbished in Bidston, Wirral.
But the 49-year-old used a secret EncroChat device to flog drugs.
Liverpool Crown Court heard the dad traded in multi kilo amounts of cannabis - including brands Orange Cream, Stardog, Gelato and Jaffa - plus cocaine, ketamine and amphetamine.
When police raided his home they found around £10,000 of drug money hidden in a kitchen cupboard, a Rolex watch and a cash counting machine.
They also discovered documents revealing that he sent a total of £300,000 to Spain or Portugal in late 2020.
Meanwhile, ledgers referred to him having four units in Spain or Portugal holding 100,000 cannabis plants and there were further details of a "property portfolio in the UK".
Police struck at Strachan's home in School Lane, at around 7am, on Tuesday, February 16 this year, as a result of the hack of EncroChat by the French authorities last July.
Judge Thomas Teague, QC, said EncroChat phones were expensive to acquire and run but had been valuable devices for criminals.
Jailing him for six years in total, he said: "You chose to participate in the trafficking of four different types of controlled substance."
