Jailed gang's bank accounts emptied and motors sold following £1.3m drugs bust

Jailed gang members have had more than £127,000 in cash and assets confiscatedfollowing a £1.3m drugs bust.

Emma Walker, 29, her partner Piers Ravenhill, 43, and Richard Wareham, 36, an associate, formerly of Ash Hill Road, Ash, all pleaded guilty at Guildford Crown Court in October to supplying drugs.

They had between them been sentenced to more than 26 years.They appeared before the same court for a confiscation hearing on Friday, April 29, when they were stripped of assets gained through their criminal activities.

Ravenhill, of Witley Park, Thursley, was ordered to pay £125,569 within three months and Walker, of Playing Field Close, Haslemere, £2,372.

A nominal order of £1 Police executed warrants at two properties in September 2014, seizing £78,383 from the drugs factory, along with Class A, B and C drugs with a street value of between £946,000 and £1.3m.

An Audi A3 and four motorbikes, including a high performance Ducati 1199 Panigale and a Yamaha R1, were also seized.

The cars and motorcycles have been sold, raising £29,618, and all the cash in Ravenhill and Walker’s bank accounts was confiscated.was made against Wareham, latterly of Humber Way, Langley, to be paid within 14 days.A confiscation order under POCA allows police to strip criminals of assets gained through crime.

Detective Inspector Andy Haslam, of the Surrey Police Economic Crime Unit, said: “Confiscation and forfeiture orders are often the final piece of the jigsaw following a conviction, and mean that the victims are compensated in part for their losses.

“Seeking a confiscation order following a conviction is a lengthy, complex process which can take many months but these figures show that the hard work, tenacity and determination of the team has paid off.”