Police confiscate £1m from jailed drug dealers

One million pounds has been confiscated from two prisoners who were involved in supplying "bulk volumes of drugs" in a county.

Simon Renoldi, 55, and Iain Green, 56, used EncroChat, an encrypted global communication service, to supply bulk volumes of drugs in Essex in 2020 and 2021.

Essex Police said the pair have seen assets of £1,039,748.08 confiscated between them - £430,330.41 from Renoldi formerly of High Road in Fobbing and £609,417.67 from Green who was formerly of Roland Park Avenue in Westcliff.

Under the aliases 'Typicalknee' and 'Harshwater' respectively, Renoldi and Green were part of a supply chain involving kilos of cocaine, MDMA and ketamine and cannabis in the UK.

In 2025, Renoldi was sentenced to 21 years in prison for two counts of conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply ecstasy, and two counts of conspiracy to supply a Class B drug.

Green, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply ecstasy, and conspiracy to supply cannabis.

Financial investigator Mark Finbow of the Proceeds of Crime Team said: "It's crucial crime doesn't pay."

The money is set to be distributed between His Majesty's Courts, The Crown Prosecution Service, Home Office and Essex Police as well as charitable causes.

Finbow added: "It's why we work so hard and well after criminals are sentenced to make sure they get no benefit from their ill-gotten gains and deprive them of anything we can prove was the result of criminality."

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