Illegal profits seized from drug trafficker
A proceeds of crime action was brought against Kym Martin at the High Court in Edinburgh
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A trafficker jailed for four-and-a-half years for his part in supplying Class A drugs in Aberdeen is to hand over more than £6,500 he made during his offending.
Kym Martin, 36, was one of five people sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in July last year for being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine in Aberdeen, London and Kent in 2020 and 2021.
Police investigating the county lines operation recovered £350,000 of drugs.
The Crown later brought a proceeds of crime action against Martin to seize his illegal gains.
On Monday, the High Court in Edinburgh heard his earnings from general criminal conduct were £31,095.
A confiscation order was made for £6,585.
The court heard that Martin was not opposing the terms of the order.
County line gangs are urban drug dealers who sell to customers in more rural areas via dedicated phone lines.