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Watch Business Front for 15-Year Drug Kingpin's Network

3/20/2026

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Bertie Payne of Birchington was sentenced to 15 years for leading a drug network.
The network supplied 24 kg of cocaine, 10 kg of ketamine, and 5,000 ecstasy tablets in east Kent during Aug 2024–Jan 2025.
Payne used a watch business as a front and created fake invoices to launder money.
CCTV from his office captured him counting cash while singing 'Dirty Cash (Money Talks)' as seven men were involved.

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Story summary

Bertie Payne of Birchington was sentenced to 15 years for leading a drug network.
The network supplied 24 kg of cocaine, 10 kg of ketamine, and 5,000 ecstasy tablets in east Kent during Aug 2024–Jan 2025.
Payne used a watch business as a front and created fake invoices to launder money.
CCTV from his office captured him counting cash while singing 'Dirty Cash (Money Talks)' as seven men were involved.