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A female who ran a marijuana and cocaine dealing operation to fund her lavish has been ordered to repay ₤ 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 concerned in providing heroin, fracture cocaine 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 so much money from selling drugs that she sprinkled out on nine luxury watches, 3 Louis Vuitton purses and even a 2nd house.

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

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

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

During the initial trial, it was exposed that Stafford was caught by pure chance when she was stopped for speeding and officers might smell marijuana coming from her silver Audi on May 12, 2020.

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

The 31-year-old from Hallgate, Cottingham, admitted to being concerned in supplying heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis, and another of possessing cash as criminal residential or commercial property

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

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

En route to the authorities station, Stafford was seen 'fidgeting' with her running bottoms and she was asked if she had any more drugs hidden.

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

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

An iPhone was likewise discovered with drug messages on it.

'From the moment of seizure of the drugs to the arrival in the cops station custody suite, the mobile iPhone was continuously ringing and getting messages from various people,' stated Mr Bashir. 'Some 30 call were received and 10 to 20 text.'

After forcing 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 been ordered to pay ₤ 96,263 within three months or face another year of prison time, to be served consecutively

Police later found ₤ 26,917 cash stashed around her home and drugs with a street worth of ₤ 33,600

Woman drugs kingpin, 29, who delighted in life of luxury with Louis Vuitton handbags and holidays was captured when cops pulled over her Audi - and found ₤ 60,000 stash of money and drugs

She also had high-end items including 9 watches and three expensive Louis Vuitton bags, Hull Crown Court heard.

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

There, officers discovered 270 covers of fracture cocaine, valued at ₤ 13,500, and 205 wraps of heroin, valued at ₤ 4,100, in the jar. 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 belonged to her.

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

In Stafford's bedroom, herbal marijuana and Ecstasy tablets were discovered together with heaps of money Wads of money.

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

Three Louis Vuitton bags and 9 watches were revealed. She confessed that these were hers however the designer products were fake or had simply been offered to her by member of the family from their vacations to locations like Turkey and Spain.

A phone constantly called with 30 calls or pinged with up to 20 drug messages after Stafford was apprehended

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 checking account exposed a string of high-end holidays had actually been taken.

Mr Bashir said this was 'proof of an additional stream of cash earnings' apart from her month-to-month wages from working for Swift Group.

Stafford had 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 moneying in premium bonds and she informed cops that she bought it to lease.

'Even with rental or lodgings allowances, neither residential or commercial property had the ability to supply any considerable source of income to validate the cash found in your house,' stated Mr Bashir.

During cops interview, Stafford claimed that a Liverpudlian male had actually been sticking with her on and off which he had actually telephoned her to say that he had actually left something at her address.

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

Hull Crown Court heard that Stafford had a long-running 'additional 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 fulfill him when she was visited police.

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

She rejected understanding of any of the big amounts of money discovered around her home, declaring that she took care of it for the male, 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 absolutely nothing to do with her and all the other money belonged to the lad,' said Mr Bashir.

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

'She had somehow handled to avoid her drug dealing activities concerning the attention of the cops for a significant time period,' stated Mr Bashir.

'The natural outcome of this was that she had the ability to build up a considerable amount of wealth, consisting of buying a financial investment residential or commercial property, a home to rent. Cash found in her home address amounted to ₤ 26,917.

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

She claimed that most of the pricey products that were found were not designer but were fake or had merely been provided to her by relative from their holidays

During the 2023 hearing, Saleema Mahmood, mitigating, said that Stafford was dealing cannabis however 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 very minimal and originated from two sets of messages.

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

Stafford also stated that her household was in the habit of keeping big quantities of money in the house, rather than in a bank, and that she was delegated to take care of it for others as she was seen as being a 'accountable' person who could be 'trusted' with cash.

The court were shown references from previous employers and told that Stafford had actually attempted to get work and had actually offered.