Homemade film shows Goodfellas wannabes counting huge stacks of drug cash in living room

Drug dealers filmed themselves sitting amid bundles of cash as they basked in the profits of their lucrative cocaine business.

The homemade video - reminiscent of scenes from rap videos or Hollywood gangster epics like Goodfellas - reveals the huge amount of cash at the disposal of gang leader Jamie Oldroyd.

It shows Oldroyd sitting among stacked bundles of notes and a counting machine as he and his associates revel in so much money they need devices to work out how much they have.

Detectives believe the bundles totalled around £150,000.

The living room video offered detectives an insight into the extent of Oldroyd’s operation.

A 14 month investigation into the Warrington criminal uncovered how he moved cocaine, some of which is thought to have been supplied by Merseyside drugs bosses, to London, Manchester, Scunthorpe and Carlisle.

He was eventually busted through the Cheshire Police probe Operation Dreadnought, which took down him and more than a dozen of his underworld associates.

That included Taulant Paja, the other man shown in this footage.

Oldroyd, 29 and of Rennie Drive, Warrington, was jailed for 14 years and three months for conspiracy to supply cocaine.

Paja, 22 and of Gladstone Mews was sentenced to six years and six months for the same offence.

While studying that group Cheshire Police gathered intelligence on a separate gang that operated in connection with Oldroyd’s crew.

That information led to a dramatic stop on the M6 that saw police pull offenders from two vehicles moving in convoy as they transported cocaine worth £20m to the North West.

The 186kg seizure is thought to be the largest ever land-based consignment discovered in the UK.

Ringleader Jamie Simpson and three other members of that gang have been jailed for a combined 35 years.

The downfall of both firms, which were based in Warrington but whose tentacles stretched across the UK, can now be reported after the conclusion of a trial linked to the investigation.

Following the end of that case, Detective Chief Inspector Mike Evans, from Cheshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: "This operation has not only resulted in the largest haul of cocaine being seized in the history of Cheshire but also the largest national land based seizure known to police.

“We have wiped out two organised crime groups, preventing them as well as other gangs from gaining extreme profits and in doing so have protected our communities along with vulnerable adults from criminals who bring with them intimidation, exploitation and violence."

SIMPSON'S GANG

(all from Warrington)

Jamie Simpson, 31 and of Delery Drive, was sentenced to 11 years and six months for conspiracy to supply cocaine

Jamie Simpson, aged 31, of Delery Drive in Warrington, was sentenced to 11 years and six months for conspiracy to supply cocaine. Image: Cheshire Police (liverpool echo)

Clare Smith, 36 and of Oakland Street: Eight years and nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine

Clare Smith, aged 36, of Oakland Street in Warrington was sentenced to eight years and nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Andrew Daniels, 41 and of Laira Street:  Eight years and six months for conspiracy to supply cocaine

Andrew Daniels, aged 41, of Laira Street in Warrington was sentenced to eight years and six months for conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Dean Brettle, 37 and of Lord Nelson Street: Six years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine

Dean Brettle, 37 and of Lord Nelson Street: Six years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Jamie Winterburn, 47 and of Oakland Street: Three years and four months after pleading guilty to money laundering

Jamie Winterburn, age 47, of Oakland Street in Warrington was sentenced to three years and four months after pleading guilty to money laundering (liverpool echo)

OLDROYD'S GANG

(members all from Warrington and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, unless otherwise stated)

Jamie Oldroyd, 29 and of Rennie Drive: 14 years and three months

Jamie Oldroyd, aged 29, of Rennie Drive in Warrington was sentenced to 14 years and three months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. Image: Cheshire Police (liverpool echo)

Lewis Johnson, 21 and of Elizabeth Drive: Nine years

Lewis Johnson, aged 21, of Elizabeth Drive in Warrington was sentenced to nine years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Moses Webber, 21 and of Moorside in Latchford: Eight years

Moses Webber, aged 21, of Moorside in Latchford was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Terille Riley, 21, and of Heather Close: Six years and seven months

Terille Riley, aged 21, of Heather Close in Warrington was sentenced to six years and seven months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Taulant Paja, 22 and of Gladstone Mews: Six years and six months

Taulant Paja, aged 22, of Gladstone Mews in Warrington was sentenced to six years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Islam Grana, 27 and of Killingworth Lane: seven years

Islam Grana, aged 27, of Killingworth Lane in Warrington was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Adam Todhunter, 29 and of Teal Grove: Four years

Adam Todhunter, aged 29, of Teal Grove in Warrington was sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Joel Reading, 21, of Rockingham Close: Five years and seven months

Joel Reading, aged 21, of Rockingham Close in Warrington was sentenced to five years and seven months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Elliott Auton, 22 and of Rockingham Close in Warrington: Five years

Elliott Auton, aged 22, of Rockingham Close in Warrington was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Jordan Redfern, 22 and of Montgomery Close in Warrington: Five years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and dangerous driving

Jordan Redfern, aged 22, of Montgomery Close in Warrington was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and dangerous driving (liverpool echo)

Paul Ferraillo, 42 and of Fox Bank Close in Widnes: Four years and six months after pleading guilty

Paul Ferraiolo, aged 42, of Fox Bank Close in Widnes was sentenced to four years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine (liverpool echo)

Kyle Kelly, 20 and of Solway Close has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced at a later date