The head of a drugs gang which operated on an "industrial" scale was ordered to pay back a fraction of his multi-million pound empire.
Colin Jones, 52, appeared at Mold Crown Court via video link from prison where he is serving a 21-year sentence for running a County Lines operation using a lucrative "Echo Line". Liverpool man Jones used military encryption and lie detectors to help his gang flood North Wales and other parts of the country with millions of pounds of hard drugs from Merseyside.
Jones also conspired to cause grievous bodily harm after hatching a plot involving a firearm to harm a former gang member. The ECHO previously reported how North Wales Police carried out Operation Tide to bring down the gang.
