{"id":164795,"date":"2025-07-27T02:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=164795"},"modified":"2025-07-27T02:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:45:25","slug":"drug-kingpin-who-plotted-gangland-murder-of-rival-from-his-luxury-dubai-villa-and-smuggled-5m-worth-of-cocaine-into-the-uk-is-convicted-after-one-of-the-biggest-encrochat-investigations-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=164795","title":{"rendered":"Drug kingpin who plotted gangland murder of rival from his luxury Dubai villa and smuggled \u00a35m worth of cocaine into the UK is convicted after one of the biggest EncroChat investigations in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Harding, 34, and his &#8216;loyal right-hand man&#8217; Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire from Dubai&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14842477\/Drug-kingpin-plotted-gangland-murder-rival-luxury-Dubai-villa-smuggled-5m-worth-cocaine-UK-convicted-one-biggest-EncroChat-investigations-history.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ito=1490&#038;ns_campaign=1490\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Harding, 34, and his &#8216;loyal right-hand man&#8217; 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