The £4.9m confiscation order is the largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency by police in West Yorkshire.
A drug dealer who stashed millions of pounds in cryptocurrency by supplying drugs via the dark web will be forced to hand it over to authorities.
He received payment for the drugs in the form of cryptocurrency worth £5.85m at the time of his arrestIt marks the largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency by West Yorkshire Police's Economic Crime Unit. Further investigations tracked Barclay making regular drops to a local post office, leading to his arrest in November 2021.He also pleaded guilty to the possession of criminal property, which was the crypto currency linked to the crime.
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