This is how much jailed Leeds cocaine dealer must pay over his involvement in a £900,000 drug supply conspiracy

A Leeds criminal has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 over his involvement in a major drugs supply ring in the city.

Michael Lumb is currently serving a 13-year sentence after being convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine.

Lumb, 38, was among five men jailed for a total of 61 years in 2018 over a cocaine supply and money laundering conspiracy worth £900,000.Jurors heard how police brought the gang members to justice after putting them under months of surveillance as they ferried drugs and cash around the city.

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During the operation in 2016, officers seized four kilos of 90 per cent-pure cocaine, worth up to £400,000, from a vehicle.

Leeds Crown Court.Leeds Crown Court.
Leeds Crown Court.

A house on Littlemoor Crescent, Pudsey, Leeds was searched and a further 3.6 kg of cocaine and 787g of ecstasy was seized from the property.

Benzocaine - a cutting agent for drugs - was found along with a drugs press, dealer bags and a blender contaminated with drugs.

A kilo of cocaine worth around £68,000 was also seized from a van stopped in Leeds on October 27, 2016.

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A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing took place at Leeds Crown Court in relation to Lumb yesterday (May 4).

The court heard the defendant had benefited by £885,000 as a result of criminal conduct.

Lumb has assets available to the value of £210,890.

Judge Tom Bayliss QC ordered the the sum of £210,890 be paid within 28 days or Lumb will face having up to two years added to the sentence he is currently serving.

After the hearing, Ramona Senior, Head of the North East Regional Economic Crime Unit said: “These latest orders are an excellent result against members of an organised crime gang determined to flood the streets of West Yorkshire with Class A and B drugs.

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“Criminals, be warned that we will pursue and recover your assets if you involve yourselves in offending of this type.”

Other defendants in the case are still to face proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act.