Drug dealer has £120k profits confiscated

A drug dealer has been ordered to pay almost £120,000 out of his criminal profits after being caught with hundreds of cannabis plants.

Alistair Ash, from Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, was found guilty of being involved in the supply of drugs in 2016 and jailed for three years.

Police had raided a warehouse owned by the 49-year-old and found a cannabis farm with nearly 580 plants.

Yesterday the Crown office said a confiscation order for £117,629.50 was granted at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

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