Detectives have released the images of a further nine men wanted in connection with investigations into the messaging platform EncroChat.
The network was hacked in an international operation last year, offering police unprecedented access to the messages of suspected criminals.
Merseyside Police has since made 149 arrests in connection with operations linked to the software since April of last year.
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On Wednesday, the force issued an appeal for nine men is said are wanted in connection with drug conspiracy investigations.
Today, the details of nine more suspects were made public:
- Carl Aldridge, 34, from Liverpool
- Lee Malone , 34, from Liverpool
- Stephen Warner, 34, from Sefton
- Dean Taylor, 43, from Huyton
- Lee McKune, 33, from Huyton
- Dean Nugent, 34, from Huyton
- Jamie Heron, 22, from Liverpool
- Terence Wilson, 36, from Huyton
- Stephen Zeisz, 29, from Huyton
Detective Sergeant Daniel Pilling, part of Merseyside Police's response to the national EncroChat investigation Operation Venetic, said 114 suspects have been charged by the force so far.
He added: "Thirty seven people have been sentenced to a total of 444 years in prison, which has a massive impact on the criminal landscape of Merseyside and beyond."
He added: "We would encourage them or anyone who knows their whereabouts to contact us and stop delaying the inevitable. We’ll continue to issue the faces of any more wanted individuals until they are brought in.
"Merseyside and many areas of the UK are safer thanks to this operation, and we will continue to target anyone we suspect is involved in serious organised crime and keep the momentum going."
*Anyone with details can contact Merseyside Police via Twitter (@MerPolCC), or by calling 101. They can also contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or online here.
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