Police say they have dismantled an alleged supply ring that provided encrypted devices described by investigators as “murder phones.” According to reporting from multiple outlets, the alleged operation involved supplying encrypted phones or similar equipment that police say were used to plan serious criminal activities. Authorities describe the devices as being used for communication aimed at reducing detection, and they allege the ring facilitated criminal planning by providing access to those encrypted tools. The reports present the cases as part of an ongoing police response to serious crime and focus on the alleged role of the suppliers rather than on any single incident. While details beyond the broad description are not included in the provided excerpts, all accounts attribute the crackdown to police and agree that the result is the dismantling of the alleged network supplying the encrypted devices. The outlets frame the matter as an investigative operation targeting the distribution of encryption-enabled phones used, as police allege, to coordinate serious criminal conduct.