Kirkintilloch drug dealer forced to pay £55,000 from crime profits
A Kirkintilloch drug dealer has been ordered to pay prosecutors £55,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.
A Kirkintilloch drug dealer has been ordered to pay prosecutors £55,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.
Barry Letham,35, was ordered to pay the cash following a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday.
The crook was jailed for six years and three months at the High Court in Glasgow in November 2015.
He was caged alongside Michael Stewart, 26, and 34-year-old Bernard Conn, who were both jailed for for four years.
The trio, all from East Dunbartonshire, were involved in supplying cocaine at various locations in Scotland between April and July 2012.
They were arrested after being snared in an undercover police initiative called Operation Solar.
On Monday, prosecution lawyer Barry Divers told judge John Morris QC that the Crown and Letham's legal team had agreed that the gangster had to pay £55,000.
Judge Morris agreed and gave Letham six months to hand the cash over.