Drug dealers whose entire organized crime ring was busted by a photo of a French bulldog have been ordered to pay more than $1.4 million. It was reported by the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom.

Stefan Baldauf, 64, and Philip Lawson, 63, were drug traffickers arrested in 2020 for transporting drugs from the UK to Australia as part of Operation Venice amphetamine in the excavator arm below at a cost of about $46 million.

The traffickers even held an auction to make sure the amphetamine was in the right hands. The drug, which investigators said was MDMA, was first stored in heavy equipment in an industrial unit in Grays, Essex, before being shipped to Australia for almost three months , the National Crime Agency reported.

The ruse fell apart, however, when fellow trafficker Danny Brown sent Baldauf a photo of his French bulldog, Bob.

Investigators were able to use the photo, which had his partner's phone number on the tag, and other methods to identify and crack down on the organized crime group.

“These criminals do not care about the misery and exploitation that the supply of illegal drugs brings to communities in the UK and Australia,” said Chris Hill, who led the NCA's investigation.

Baldauf, Brown, Lawson and four other men were jailed for a combined 163 years in the UK, the National Crime Agency said.The others will stand trial later this year.