A DRUG dealer caught with 5kg of heroin worth £500,000 made just £23,000 from crime. Vince Hall, 50, from Newport was jailed for nearly seven years in March after he was stopped by police in Monmouth. The defendant At a proceeds of crime hearing in Newport Crown Court, Judge Paul Hobson was told Hall profited by £23,044.
75. He has just £2,585.30 in available assets which can be seized by the police.
The defendant has three months to hand them over or face an extra 28 days in prison, During his sentencing hearing earlier this year it emerged that officers found 10 blocks of heroin in a yellow JD Sports bag inside his Ford Focus car. A further 500g of the class A drug was found when his house in Newport was searched along with 26.5g of cannabis and £2,000 cash.
Detectives were able to prove that Hall had made eight previous drug running trips to Liverpool when they examined his mobile phone. They had evidence that the defendant had been involved in bringing £800,000 worth of heroin into Gwent between December 2022 and September 2023. Hall, of Comfry Close, was arrested at 9.
25pm on the night of Saturday, September 16 last year on the A48. Roger Griffiths, prosecuting, told Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court: “The defendant was not a courier – he played a significant role.” Hall pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin, being concerned in the supply of the class A drug and possession with intent to supply cannabis.
He has a previous conviction for traffickin.