'I just plod away,' said MOT station owner who dealt in drugs and deadly arms

A GARAGE owner caught dealing in drugs and firearms has been jailed for six years.

- BY RECORD REPORTER

Kristopher Kinnaird, 42, who told criminal associates he liked to stay “off the radar”, was involved in trafficking at least £660,000 of cocaine and cannabis and being a middleman in sourcing weapons including a submachine gun.

He communicated on the EncroChat phone network used by villains.

In one encrypted message, he said: “I just plod away - stay off the radar. Dont need to try and make a million quid or try to be gangster. I have a nice house, a MOT station, motors, some dough.”

But Kinnaird was snared after EncroChat was smashed by authorities.