Rapper C Montana Sentenced, Still on the Run

0:00On April 21st, a 35-year-old rapper known as C. Montana just got hit with a 23-year prison sentence in absentia for running a Massive drug importation ring pulling in 1 million pounds a month. Real name, Arlton Lewis Turner He was convicted on four counts tied to smuggling 10 kilograms of cocaine and 38 kilograms of heroin back in 2020 Despite blowing around 700,000 pounds on legal fights. He skipped bail last October and is still on the run Possibly hiding out in Dubai Police cracked the case using Encrochat messages from a busted criminal phone network cracked by French authorities They linked him to the handle the trap through a flashy gold chain saying Unique CM that showed up on airport CCTV the same day the phone hit UK Networks and later in his swanky canary were flat. His crew moved serious weight with street values hitting 1 million pounds for the coke and 3.8 million for the heroin with 34,000 Instagram followers

1:02C. Montana built a rap profile featuring tracks like drug dealer and big rich even freestyling on BBC Radio 1 extra back in 2018 He celebrated bail with a party outside prison and dropped a single boasting about coming back winning But his legal team lost challenges all the way to the European court of human rights his co-defend in the geeve Omar Coped 12 years after getting nabbed with the drugs and a van near Hayes Messages showing a tick list over 1 million pounds and credits to buyers the operation spans suppliers and brokers across Encrypted chats painting a picture of high-level wholesale dealing now authorities are hunting Lewis Turner worldwide While his conviction stands a stark reminder how street cred and encrypted tech can unravel fast when the evidence chains you down Stay tuned as this fugitive story unfolds