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Crime doesn’t pay but criminals do
15/07/2004
Five separate amounts of criminal cash totaling over
£100,000 were forfeited today at Dumfries Sheriff
Court.
The applications for the forfeiture made on behalf of
the Scottish Ministers.
The actions, under the new Proceeds of Crime
legislation, were taken by the Civil Recovery Unit of the
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. The Court was
satisfied that in each case, the money was derived from
unlawful conduct, and ordered its forfeiture.
The Lord Advocate, Colin Boyd QC said:
"Today is a bad day for criminals. It is yet another
demonstration of the determination we have to track down
and recover the profits of crime. The vigilance and hard
work of officers of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary,
working closely with the team at the Civil Recovery Unit,
has played an important part in this success today."
A total of £104,072.99 was forfeited and in all five
cases, the court decided that on balance, the cash was the
proceeds of crime.
Case 1 | Paul (40) and William Dempster (45),
both from Glasgow, were pulled over on the
03 March 2004. They were found to have
£53,090 in cash in the boot of their car.
The money is suspected to be the proceeds
of a drugs deal. |
Case 2 | Jason John Cockburn (32), from
Kirkconnell, had £7912.54 taken from him
after his transit van was stopped. The
money is suspected to be the proceeds of a
drugs deal. |
Case 3 | Edinburgh man, Glen Foley (37) had
£11,200 taken from him after his car was
stopped 24 March 2004. The cash is
suspected to be the laundered proceeds of
drugs crime. |
Case 4 | Paul Clifford Evans (33) was carrying
£5,200 in his car on 13 May. The sum is
suspected to be related to drugs. |
Case 5 | Andrew Shire Morrison (39) from Irvine
was carrying £26,731 in his car when he was
pulled over on 28 May 2004. The money is
suspected to be profits from drug
dealing. |