A female who ran a marijuana and cocaine dealing operation to fund her extravagant has actually been ordered to pay back ₤ 100,000.

Danielle Stafford, 31, from Hallgate, Cottingham, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in April 2023 after pleading guilty to three offences.

Before Hull Crown Court, she admitted to being worried in providing heroin, fracture drug and cannabis, and another of having money as criminal residential or commercial property on dates spanning October 2017 and May 2020.

The former University of Hull graduate made a lot cash from selling drugs that she splashed out on 9 high-end watches, 3 Louis Vuitton handbags and even a second house.

The case resurfaced this week as the court determined just how much cash Stafford made from criminal activities - and how much she would be bought to repay.

With Stafford attending the hearing through a video link from prison, prosecutor Nadim Bashir validated a criminal benefit figure had actually been concurred at ₤ 96,263.

She has been ordered to pay this amount within 3 months or face another year of jail time, to be served consecutively.

During the initial trial, it was revealed that Stafford was caught by pure opportunity when she was stopped for speeding and officers could smell cannabis coming from her silver Audi on May 12, 2020.

Danielle Stafford (pictured) was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in April 2023 after pleading guilty to 3 offenses

The 31-year-old from Hallgate, Cottingham, confessed to being concerned in providing heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana, and another of having money as criminal residential or commercial property

When about the stink, Stafford 'immediately lied', informing police: 'I'll be truthful, I've got this' and handed over a little silver wrap consisting of 2 buds of marijuana skunk.

Police went onto find more drugs on her including 2 food bags containing marijuana skunk.

On the method to the police headquarters, Stafford was seen 'fidgeting' with her jogging bottoms and she was asked if she had anymore drugs concealed.

She said: 'Yes, however it's not mine and I do not know what it is. I pushed it down my joggers when you pulled me.'

Stafford took out a bag including drug. There were 56 covers of fracture cocaine, valued at ₤ 2,800.

An iPhone was also found with drug messages on it.

'From the minute of seizure of the drugs to the arrival in the police headquarters custody suite, the mobile iPhone was continuously calling and receiving messages from different individuals,' said Mr Bashir. 'Some 30 phone calls were gotten and 10 to 20 text.'

After requiring entry, officers found ₤ 26,917 money stowed away around her three-bedroom home in Cottingham and drugs with a street worth of ₤ 33,600.

Stafford has actually been purchased to pay ₤ 96,263 within three months or face another year of jail time, to be served consecutively

Police later on discovered ₤ 26,917 money stashed around her home and drugs with a street value of ₤ 33,600

Woman drugs kingpin, 29, who took pleasure in life of luxury with Louis Vuitton bags and holidays was caught when cops pulled over her Audi - and discovered ₤ 60,000 stash of cash and drugs

She also had luxury items consisting of nine watches and 3 costly Louis Vuitton purses, Hull Crown Court heard.

A glass container with plastic drugs bags inside it was discovered concealed behind a bag of coal bricks in the rear garden.

There, officers found 270 covers of crack cocaine, valued at ₤ 13,500, and 205 covers of heroin, valued at ₤ 4,100, in the jar. Stafford denied knowledge of them.

In the living-room, natural marijuana, valued at ₤ 2,500, was found in an open, empty banana box on a table. She denied that it belonged to her.

Two glass jars were found to contain marijuana valued at ₤ 370. Police also discovered weighing scales, a big amount of cash and more food bags. She confessed that this belonged to her.

In Stafford's bedroom, herbal cannabis and Ecstasy tablets were discovered together with wads of money Wads of cash.
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More cash, amounting to ₤ 7,580, was found in a safe but she rejected that it was hers.

Three Louis Vuitton bags and nine watches were discovered. She admitted that these were hers but pretended the designer items were phony or had merely been offered to her by member of the family from their holidays to locations like Turkey and Spain.

A phone continuously rang with 30 calls or pinged with as much as 20 drug messages after Stafford was arrested

In an upstairs box space, money bundles of ₤ 9,100, ₤ 1,668, ₤ 550, ₤ 700, ₤ 1,110, ₤ 165, ₤ 190 and ₤ 91 were found.

Examination of Stafford's savings account revealed a string of luxury vacations had been taken.

Mr Bashir said this was 'evidence of an additional stream of money earnings' apart from her month-to-month incomes from working for Swift Group.

Stafford had actually purchased her Cottingham home in March 2016 for ₤ 124,999 with a mortgage and a residential or commercial property in Hotham Road South in July 2018 without a mortgage for ₤ 68,500 in equal shares with her aunt.

Stafford paid the 'lion's share' of ₤ 64,927 from cashing in premium bonds and she informed police that she purchased it to lease.

'Even with rental or accommodations allowances, neither residential or commercial property had the ability to supply any considerable income source to justify the cash discovered in the home,' stated Mr Bashir.

During cops interview, Stafford declared that a Liverpudlian guy had actually been remaining with her on and off which he had phoned her to state that he had actually left something at her address.

When she got home, there was a large amount of marijuana and, when he asked her to take it to him, she said that she did not feel comfy doing so.

Hull Crown Court heard that Stafford had a long-running 'extra cash income stream'

She claimed that he asked her to bring a bag of drugs and, in a panic, she got it and was driving to meet him when she was dropped in police.

Stafford denied that she or the lad were dealing drugs but later admitted that she would drive to Liverpool and bring him back to Hull.

She denied understanding of any of the big quantities of money discovered around her home, declaring that she cared for it for the guy, consisting of keeping it for him in her own bedroom - apart from ₤ 2,350 which came from her.

'She said that the money in the safe had nothing to do with her and all the other money came from the lad,' said Mr Bashir.

The prosecutor told the court that Stafford was an 'enthusiastic' cannabis dealer and advanced to ending up being a Class A cocaine dealership.

'She had in some way handled to avoid her drug dealing activities coming to the attention of the authorities for a significant time period,' stated Mr Bashir.

'The natural outcome of this was that she was able to build up a considerable amount of wealth, consisting of acquiring an investment residential or commercial property, a home to lease. Cash found in her home address totaled up to ₤ 26,917.

'The contents of her home address in Hallgate, Cottingham, is strong evidence of the nature of her drugs service. The amount, type and worth of drugs found at her home were significant. The drugs alone were street valued at ₤ 33,600. This is continual drug dealing.'

She claimed that the majority of the costly items that were found were not designer but were phony or had actually merely been offered to her by relative from their vacations

During the 2023 hearing, Saleema Mahmood, mitigating, stated that Stafford was dealing cannabis but declared that her participation in Class A dealing came about due to her association with an individual from Liverpool.

She argued that proof of any Class A dealing was very limited and came from 2 sets of messages.

The legal representative claimed there was a component of naivety and exploitation in Stafford's involvement and she had little impact on those above her in the chain.

Stafford likewise said that her household remained in the practice of keeping big quantities of cash at home, rather than in a bank, which she was delegated to care for it for others as she was viewed as being a 'responsible' individual who might be 'relied on' with money.

The court were shown recommendations from previous employers and told that Stafford had tried to get work and had actually volunteered.