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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

Drug dealer singing about ‘dirty cash’ jailed after being caught on own CCTV

  • Bertie Payne, 30, has been jailed for 15 years for coordinating the supply of Class A drugs across east Kent.
  • Payne used a luxury watch business as a cover-up, faking invoices to launder large amounts of money.
  • CCTV footage from his office showed him counting illicit cash and singing 'Dirty Cash (Money Talks)'.
  • He led a group of seven men involved in supplying and distributing 24kg of cocaine, 10kg of ketamine, and 5,000 ecstasy tablets.
  • The drug-dealing operation took place between August 2024 and January 2025.

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