Jailed drug dealer faces payback time

CONVICTED CRIMINAL MUST HANDOVER £346,000 OF ILL-GOTTEN GAINS OR FACE MORE TIME BEHIND BARS

- PAUL BRITTON

A CONVICTED drug-dealer has been ordered to cough up more than £346,000 of his ill-gotten gains in three months or face the consequences.

Kyle Darbyshire was jailed for 12 years in January last year. His sentencing at Manchester Crown Court followed a major police investigation which uncovered what Greater Manchester Police called a 'large-scale drug conspiracy' after a cannabis farm was located in Salford.

The 37-year-old, of Blantyre Avenue, Walkden, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs and production and cultivation of cannabis. Three other men were also convicted.

Now, GMP has revealed action is being taken against all four under the Proceeds of Crime Act, which seeks to recover ill-gotten gains from convicted criminals.