Over £50,000 Confiscated from Gretna Cocaine Dealer
Written by author on February 7, 2013
At Edinburgh High Court today, a Confiscation Order for £51,000 was made against Robert Alexander Dalrymple, DOB 28/05/68.
Dalrymple, currently incarcerated but previously of Gretna, was previously convicted of a contravention of Section 4 (3) (B) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (concerned in the supply of cocaine) following a police surveillance operation.
In October 2011, he was sentenced to 6 years, 357 days imprisonment.
Lindsey Miller, Head of the Serious and Organised Crime Division (SOCD), said: “Robert Dalrymple was found guilty of acting as a courier for a drug dealing operation that stretched from Spain to Newcastle, Glasgow, Prestwick and Dumfries and Galloway.
“His conviction for the supply of illegal drugs means that he is deemed to have a ‘criminal lifestyle’ under the Proceeds of Crime Act. This entitles the court to assess the property gained by him for six years prior to the date of the offence, and to take his income and assets acquired over that period into account when calculating the total that he gained through illegitimate means.
“After this analysis, £51,000 could not be accounted for legitimately. “Today’s confiscation order represents his illegal gains. “The money will be added to the £60 million already gathered from Proceeds of Crime and will be re-invested in the community by Scottish Ministers, through the CashBack for Communities programme.”
