Greenwich meth dealer jailed for £80k operation after posing for photos with fat stacks of dirty cash

Fans of Breaking Bad will know crystal meth dealing can be a lucrative business until it all comes crashing down. Dominic Fitz-Campbell learned the hard way after his £80,000 methamphetamine operation was cracked open by the Met's gangs unit. This week police released a photo of him posing with stacks of dirty cash on his shoulder and his blinged-out fingers barely covering his face.

But things fell apart for the showoff, from Anstridge Road in Greenwich, when officers identified him as the 'mastermind of the operation' following months of investigation. The gangs unit officers worked with UK Border Force to set up a covert sting operation, and Fitz-Campbell was arrested with a kilo of crystal meth and nearly £16,000.

The Class A poser tried to flee, and later claimed this was because he was smoking cannabis. He answered 'no comment' to questions about importation and said he had never seen the drugs before the police arrived. He also claimed the cash was benefits money and that it was not his.

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Experts valued the meth at £80,000, and police also used intelligence gathered from mobile phone data to link him to the drugs. The Met thanked 'covert tactics, expert witnesses, and cutting-edge forensic techniques' for the successful operation. Fitz-Campbell has since been jailed for ten years for supplying methamphetamine.

Detective Inspector Summers said: “This is an outstanding result for the team. DC El Issaoui and PC Karabiyikli have dedicated months to identify and arrest the man responsible for bringing misery to so many vulnerable people. I am proud of my officers' tireless efforts to deprive the gang of a lucrative source of income. The streets of London are safer because of what they have achieved.”

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