A couple who made close to £100,000 from dealing drugs will only have to pay back around £16,000. Gavin Willie was caught doing 100mph on the M4 with a large amount of cash and cannabis in his VW Passat, as well as a pick-axe handle. He told police he and his partner Jemay Abdullah — who was in the passenger seat — were visiting Swansea to buy a dog.
But messages on his phone showed Willie, 35, was in the business of buying and selling cannabis in kilo quantities, as well as dealing directly to users. Abdullah, 30, helped him with the scheme.
Last October Willie was sentenced to two years and six months in jail and Abdullah to a 12-month prison term suspended for 18 months. And the Londoners' case was back in court on Friday for a proceeds of crime act hearing to decide what would happen to the money they made from dealing.
