Officers have secured a confiscation order for thousands of pounds against a convicted drug dealer.
David Meadowcroft, also known as David Cousins, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Monday 17 August 2020 for a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
Meadowcroft, aged 49 and formerly of Kestrel Close in Poole, had been sentenced to five years and four months in prison on Thursday 20 December 2018 for being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. The charge related to a conspiracy to supply cocaine in Dorset between 22 June and 19 August 2017.
At the POCA hearing the court ruled that the total benefit figure of Meadowcroft’s criminal conduct was £78,790.81. The available amount was agreed as £37,000, which had been seized by police during the investigation into Meadowcroft’s drug supply network.
This £37,000 will be paid toward the total amount, leaving a figure of £41,790.81 outstanding. As with all Proceeds of Crime confiscation orders, the outstanding figure is still owed and will be reviewed in the future to ascertain if Meadowcroft has acquired further assets.
Detective Constable Scott Brimicombe, of Dorset Police’s Financial Investigation Unit, said: “This case is a further demonstration of the efforts we make to ensure that where offenders are found to have benefited from their criminal conduct, we use powers available to us through legislation to ensure these illegal earnings are taken from them.”
