A young drug dealer who made tens of thousands of pounds attempted to hide his massive profits by pumping cash into plush Rolex watches and cryptocurrency. “One man band” Felix Boo masterminded a huge operation buying and selling narcotics online from a bedroom in his dad’s Whitstable home. At the “click of a button”, the then-21-year-old procured commercial quantities of Class A and B drugs from as far away as America, then sold them via social media platform Telegram.
In a bid to evade the authorities, Boo laundered tens of thousands through luxury watches and digital currency, and made large deposits into Monzo and Lloyds bank accounts. But his hi-tech scheme was unearthed when, in May 2022, Border Force intercepted a parcel containing cannabis weighing 289 grams bound for his Clifton Road address. Boo, now 24, was placed behind bars for three years during his sentencing hearing at Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday.
The shocking extent of his offending surfaced when police descended on his address shortly after Border Force’s discovery, prosecutor Jeremy Kingsford explained. Not only did officers seize a cannabis, cocaine and ketamine haul with a street value up to £25,000, they found £42,860 in cash and other luxury items. Among them were genuine Rolex watches, including a Sky Dweller and GMT Master II which retail for more than £10,000 apiece.
When officers uncovered two phones “consistent with drug supply”, Boo refused to hand the passwords over. Th.
