Man ordered to sell house to repay illgotten drug gains:
a coNvIcted drug dealer has been ordered to sell his home to repay some of his ill-gotten gains.
david cuffin was the storeman for drugs and mixing agents at his home in a drugs conspiracy valued at over £2.7m.
the 44-year-old (inset), previously of Ponthwfa terrace, holyhead, is currently serving a six-year sentence for conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin after a police sting as part of operation Zeus.
he has been ordered to sell his anglesey home under a Proceeds of crime act (Poca) confiscation order.
cuffin’s address was used to “store, adulterate and re-manufacture class a” drugs, according to the prosecution.
In total 28 people received sentences totaling almost 200 years imprisonment for supplying heroin and cocaine on what a judge branded an “industrial scale”
Financial Investigator Jessica cunnah said: “these drug dealers made a substantial amount of money through their illegal business so it is only right that they are made to pay for their actions and return their ill-gotten gains.
“It has taken a great deal of tenacity and attention to detail to obtain confiscation orders that allows the recovery of their assets.
“North Wales Police is committed to seizing and confiscating assets from those who benefit from any criminality, in particular drug trafficking in our communities.”
“the laundering of proceeds of crime is a key enabler of the most serious and organised crime.
“By targeting criminal finances including their homes we can disrupt criminal operations and deny them their ill-gotten wealth and status.”
She added: “the Proceeds of crime act is a vital piece of legislation that helps us achieve this end. “It prevents criminals from continuing to reap the benefits of their illegal activities even after they have been arrested, charged and sent to prison.
“We will continue to take action against convicted criminals to prove that crime really does not pay, and you may lose more than your liberty if you deal drugs in North Wales.”