A Wirral man who was part of an international heroin and cocaine conspiracy can repay only a fraction of the near £16m he made from his crimes.
Stephen William Metcalfe, 45, was involved with a gang that managed to bring up to 1,304kg of Class A drugs into the UK through manipulating a UPS site on Deeside in North Wales. The conspiracy was worth £186m, but police managed to break it up and Metcalfe was among the conspirators to be prosecuted.
Last year, Metcalfe, of Fairway North, Bromborough, was convicted of conspiring to import a controlled drug with intent to evade a prohibition and was jailed for 15 years. On Wednesday (August 10), he appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court for a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing and was asked to repay his ill-gotten gains, reports NorthWalesLive.
