Convicted drug dealer has another £10k confiscated after investigation

A DRUG dealer from Torquay who was jailed for six years has been ordered to pay a further £10,000 of his ill-gotten gains.

- by MOLLY SEAMAN [e-mail] @DevonLiveNews

Builder Steven Loveridge previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply drugs after Devon and Cornwall Police discovered a huge cannabis plantation in an underground bunker on his land in Shaldon.

After having initially had £33,600 of cash confiscated, it was discovered that he had new assets of £10,000 which will be now taken from him.

Loveridge’s large-scale criminal enterprise started on a plot of land he bought in 2009. He built a cannabis farm which could only be accessed by stairs hidden in a shipping container.