Financial investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate used legislation available under the Proceeds of Crime Act to apply for the confiscation of cash and assets from both defendants, who were part of the same organised criminal network.
On Monday 5 December 2022 at Maidstone Crown Court, a confiscation order was granted against 30-year-old Aaron Duff. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on 19 January 2022 for conspiracy to supply cocaine, amphetamine, cannabis and acquiring criminal property. Investigators proved he had profited from his crimes to a value of more than £400,000 and had cash available totalling £26,366. This included £4,190 that had been seized by the police with the rest being frozen in bank accounts. Duff, of Penns Yard, Pembury was given three months to pay the available amount or serve a further 12 months in prison.
