He was described as being in the ‘Premier League of offending’
Mark Naylor Humber Court Reporter
05:00, 31 Jul 2026
Regan Murray admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine and ketamine, possessing cocaine with intent to supply and possessing cash, watches and clothes as criminal property(Image: Humberside Police)
A cocaine supply drugs boss who started his money-spinning criminal activities in the “Premier League of offending” – and enjoyed a luxury lifestyle – raked in huge rewards worth nearly £196,000. His lucrative haul included large amounts of cash as well as designer clothes and a £17,000 Rolex watch, a court heard.
Regan Murray acted as a well-paid “cash-and-carry wholesaler” and the large “multiple” amounts of cocaine and ketamine that he supplied to other dealers could potentially have had a street value of £1-million. On the day of a police raid, he had £38,000 cash at his home.
Messages exchanged with an accomplice suggested that there was “an expectation of significant financial advantage” to them, the court was told. Murray, 26, of Clairbrook Close, off Selby Street, west Hull, admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine and ketamine, possessing cocaine with intent to supply and possessing cash, watches and clothes as criminal property.
He had been jailed at Grimsby Crown Court in April last year for 10 years and nine months. An accomplice, Rhys Bunce, 31, of Lissett Grove, off Greenwood Avenue, north Hull, admitted being concerned in offering to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He had been jailed for five years and four months.
The case resurfaced at Hull Crown Court for a proceeds of crime application. Dale Brook, prosecuting, said that the total benefit to Murray had been assessed as £195,938.
The total available amount of money had been put at £79,365. Defence barrister Nathan Davis said the figures were agreed and there was no need for a contested hearing.
Murray, who appeared in court via a video link from custody, was given three months to pay the money or face a nine-month prison sentence in default. Deputy circuit judge Timothy Clayson warned him that the extra prison time, if he did not pay, would not wipe out the money that was said to be owed.
The court heard that the figures for Bunce had not yet been agreed by him. A further hearing for him was fixed for August 3 at Grimsby Crown Court.
The original court hearing at Grimsby was told that, at the time, Bunce was wanted by the police over unrelated matters. Police went to premises on February 15, 2023 and found Bunce hiding in the hollowed-out area of a bed frame.
A phone was seized. Bunce was released on bail. “He refused to provide the PIN for that phone but police were able to gain access,” said Mr Brook.
There were many messages on the phone relating to drug supply, particularly cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, including some messages between Bunce and Murray, suggesting that Murray was a wholesale supplier of large amounts of drugs to dealers. Both men were arrested.
Police found £38,000 cash in Murray’s home on February 22, 2024. There was 100g of cocaine, with a street value of £13,000 or, in bulk, just over £5,000.
Police seized a large amount of designer clothes, a Rolex watch that had been bought for £17,000 and an Omega watch. Murray supplied large amounts of cocaine and ketamine to individual dealers,” said Mr Brook.
“He supplied them akin to a cash-and-carry wholesaler. Murray purchased multiple kilos of both cocaine and ketamine.”
The wholesale value of the cocaine was about £350,000 and the potential street value was just over £1-million, although it was not suggested that this sum was actually made. The total value of one single order was £141,000 paid for in cash.
Both men made mainly no comment during police interview. Murray had no previous convictions.
Bunce had convictions for 43 previous offences, including being jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2018 for possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply. He had also been jailed more recently for offences of dishonesty, driving and possessing cannabis.
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