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A female who ran a marijuana and drug dealing operation to fund her lavish has been purchased 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 3 offenses.
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Before Hull Crown Court, she admitted to being worried in supplying heroin, fracture cocaine and cannabis, and another of having cash as criminal residential or commercial property on dates spanning October 2017 and May 2020.

The previous University of Hull graduate made so much money from selling drugs that she splashed out on 9 luxury watches, three Louis Vuitton handbags and even a second house.

The case resurfaced today as the court identified just how much cash Stafford made from criminal activities - and just how much she would be ordered to pay back.

With Stafford going to the hearing via a video link from prison, prosecutor Nadim Bashir verified a criminal benefit figure had actually been agreed at ₤ 96,263.

She has been purchased to pay this quantity within three months or face another year of jail time, to be served consecutively.

During the original trial, it was exposed that Stafford was captured by pure possibility when she was stopped for speeding and officers might smell cannabis coming from her silver Audi on May 12, 2020.

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

The 31-year-old from Hallgate, Cottingham, admitted to being concerned in providing heroin, fracture drug and cannabis, and another of having money as criminal residential or commercial property

When questioned about the stink, Stafford 'instantly lied', telling cops: 'I'll be honest, I have actually got this' and turned over a small silver wrap consisting of 2 buds of cannabis skunk.

Police went onto find more drugs on her consisting of 2 food bags consisting of cannabis skunk.

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

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

Stafford pulled out a bag including cocaine. There were 56 covers of crack cocaine, valued at ₤ 2,800.

An iPhone was also discovered with drug messages on it.

'From the minute of seizure of the drugs to the arrival in the police station custody suite, the mobile iPhone was constantly ringing and receiving messages from various people,' said Mr Bashir. 'Some 30 telephone call were gotten and 10 to 20 text.'

After forcing entry, officers discovered ₤ 26,917 cash stashed around her three-bedroom home in Cottingham and drugs with a street value of ₤ 33,600.

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

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

Woman drugs kingpin, 29, who delighted in life of high-end with Louis Vuitton bags and holidays was caught when cops pulled over her Audi - and discovered ₤ 60,000 stash of money and drugs

She also had luxury products including 9 watches and three costly Louis Vuitton handbags, Hull Crown Court heard.

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

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

In the living-room, organic cannabis, valued at ₤ 2,500, was found in an open, empty banana box on a table. She rejected that it came from her.

Two glass containers were found to include cannabis valued at ₤ 370. Police also discovered weighing scales, a big amount of money and more food bags. She confessed that this belonged to her.

In Stafford's bed room, natural cannabis and Ecstasy tablets were discovered alongside heaps of money Wads of money.

More cash, totalling ₤ 7,580, was found in a safe but she rejected that it was hers.

Three Louis Vuitton bags and nine watches were discovered. She confessed that these were hers but pretended the designer products were fake or had merely been provided to her by member of the family from their holidays to places like Turkey and Spain.

A phone continuously sounded with 30 calls or pinged with approximately 20 drug messages after Stafford was arrested

In an upstairs box room, cash packages of ₤ 9,100, ₤ 1,668, ₤ 550, ₤ 700, ₤ 1,110, ₤ 165, ₤ 190 and ₤ 91 were found.

Examination of Stafford's savings account exposed a string of high-end holidays had actually been taken.

Mr Bashir said this was 'evidence of an additional stream of cash earnings' apart from her regular monthly earnings 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 show her aunt.

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

'Even with rental or lodgings allowances, neither residential or commercial property had the ability to provide any significant income to justify the cash found in your home,' said Mr Bashir.

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

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

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

She declared that he asked her to bring a bag of drugs and, in a panic, she grabbed it and was driving to satisfy him when she was visited authorities.

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

She denied understanding of any of the big amounts of money found around her home, claiming that she took care of it for the guy, including keeping it for him in her own bedroom - apart from ₤ 2,350 which belonged to her.

'She said that the cash in the safe had nothing to do with her and all the other cash belonged to the lad,' stated Mr Bashir.

The district attorney told the court that Stafford was an 'passionate' cannabis dealership and advanced to ending up being a Class A drug dealer.

'She had somehow managed to avoid her drug dealing activities coming to the attention of the cops for a substantial amount of time,' stated Mr Bashir.

'The natural outcome of this was that she was able to collect a substantial quantity of wealth, consisting of acquiring an investment residential or commercial property, a house to rent. Cash discovered 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 business. The quantity, type and value of drugs found at her home were substantial. The drugs alone were street valued at ₤ 33,600. This is continual drug dealing.'

She declared that most of the costly products that were discovered were not designer however were fake or had simply been given to her by family members from their holidays

During the 2023 hearing, Saleema Mahmood, mitigating, stated that Stafford was dealing cannabis but claimed that her participation in Class A dealing happened due to her association with a person from Liverpool.

She argued that evidence of any Class A dealing was extremely restricted and originated from 2 sets of messages.

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

Stafford also stated that her household remained in the routine of keeping big amounts of cash in your home, rather than in a bank, which she was turned over to look after it for others as she was seen as being a 'accountable' individual who could be 'trusted' with money.

The court were revealed references from previous companies and told that Stafford had tried to get work and had actually offered.