Two cocaine conspirators, who have been jailed for supplying drugs across Wearside, have been ordered to pay back more than £300,000 of their ill-gotten gains.
Kenneth Hunter and his associate William Trott were convicted in 2019 after a long-running investigation identified them as central figures in a plot to supply cocaine and amphetamine.
Officers from Northumbria Police uncovered the pair’s illicit empire when disqualified driver Trott was caught behind the wheel of a car in Shiney Row. A search of his home followed the arrest and led detectives to two kilos of cocaine and 12 kilos of amphetamine.
