From: Southport Visitor
ByJohn Siddle
Judge orders West Lancs crime couple to hand over £100,000 crime proceeds – or face being locked up
A crime couple from Ormskirk have been told they must hand over £100,000 of their ill-gotten gains – or face being locked up in jail.
Graeme Davies, 45, of Smithy Lane, in Barton, was imprisoned for for three years in 2011 over a £1million cigarette smuggling plot.
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Gary Crone from the National Crime Agency’s Economic Crime Command, said: “This was a complicated financial enquiry which was made possible by the support of HMRC and partners in the banking sector.
