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Mark Wainfur, 33, sold 15kg of cocaine and 5kg of heroin before he was caught by police who infiltrated a chat app on his phone. A court heard the commercial drug dealer was found with photographs of class A drugs and of him posing with bank notes.

Wainfur made a total of £1,124,035 in just two months but the dealer’s available assets come to £48,952.

He’ll have to pay this within six months or face a one-year spell of imprisonment if he fails to do so, Wales Online reports.

Wainfur’s network was snagged when Gwent Police used intelligence to access messages and images from Wainfur’s phone in June 2020.

He was jailed for 12 years in January but Cardiff Crown Court held a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing on Friday.

It heard the drug dealer, from Newport, south Wales, was estimated to have sold in the region of 15.5kg kilograms of cocaine and 5kg of heroin during the operation.

Among the images discovered on the defendant’s phone was a photograph taken on May 11, 2020, which depicted half a kilogram of cocaine, and another photo on May 15, 2020, which depicted £9,500 in cash.

He was arrested at his home on September 15 last year where police discovered Rolex watches and gold jewellery worth £170,000.

The defendant later pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

The court heard he had numerous previous convictions including possession with intent to supply class A drugs, being concerned in the production of class A drugs and he was made subject to a Serious Crime Prevention Order.

Speaking at his sentencing, prosecutor Roger Griffiths said: “Law enforcement activity was unable to identify users of a secure messaging platform commonly known as EncroChat where users would pay €850 for a contract. These phones have few of the customary features other than messages, calls and photographs. Users are allocated a handle and a unique pin number, and they use those details to contact each other. Owners of the devices regularly change handles when they purchase new phones or devices.”

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