Dealer and accomplice jailed over huge drugs operation

POLICE SEIZED LARGE AMOUNT OF DESIGNER CLOTHES AND ROLEX WATCH

- By MARK NAYLOR

A COCAINE supply drugs boss started his money-spinning criminal activities in the “Premier League of offending” by acting as a well-paid “cash-and-carry wholesaler” and enjoying a luxury lifestyle that included huge amounts of cash as well as designer clothes and a £17,000 Rolex watch.

The large “multiple” amounts of cocaine and ketamine that he supplied to other dealers could potentially have had a street value of £1m and, on the day of a police raid, he had £38,000 cash at his home. Messages exchanged with an accomplice suggested there was “an expectation of significant financial advantage” to them, a court heard.

Regan Murray, 25, of Clairbrook Close, off Selby Street, west Hull, admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine and ketamine, possessing cocaine with intent to supply and possessing cash, watches and clothes as criminal property. Rhys Bunce, 30, of Lissett Grove, off Greenwood Avenue, north Hull, admitted being concerned in offering to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.

Dale Brook, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that, at the time, Bunce was wanted by the police over unrelated matters. Police went to premises on February 15, 2023, and found Bunce hiding in the hollowed-out area of a bed frame. A phone was seized. Bunce was released on bail.