Think it's fair to say he got off lightly
But he's obviously fallen on hard times. Which might explain why he was working as a PHD. Or maybe that was just a front. But nothing else here on the PH angle, but presumably he's now debadged.
And presumably there's a purpose to this process other than to simply get him to hand over £1
Edinburgh private hire driver agrees to pay £1 after making £600k from life of crime
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/ed ... s-24034960
Moses Irungu ,41, from Pilton Drive North, was jailed for four and a half years last year after a police operation led to drugs worth more than £350,000 being taken off the streets.
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A jailed drug trafficker who benefited by more than £600,000 from illegal activities agreed to hand over £1 today to settle a proceeds of crime action.
Moses Irungu ,41, was jailed for four and a half years last year after a police operation led to drugs worth more than £350,000 being taken off the streets.
During the operation officers recovered 22 kilos of amphetamine and two kilos of heroin along with crack cocaine and mixing agent for cutting drugs.
Private hire taxi driver Irungu, of Pilton Drive North, in Edinburgh, admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs at East London Street and Stead's Place and elsewhere in the city in 2020.
The Crown raised an action to strip Irungu of crime profits following the drugs seizures.
A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh was told today that a settlement had been reached in the case with Irungu said to have benefited from crime by pounds 613,245.
His counsel Mark Moir QC told Lord Summers: "The available amount is £1 and a confiscation order should be made in the sum of £1,"
The Crown can seek the confiscation of further amounts if additional assets are later identified.
Irungu was given three months to pay the pounds 1 confiscation order.
