Drug dealer must pay back £4.8k

A Yaxley drug dealer has been ordered to pay back his ill-gotten gains.

George Bellamy was ordered by Cambridge Crown Court at a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing on Friday (24 November) to pay back £4,836.69 within one month or face a further six months in prison.

Bellamy, 24, was arrested at his home in Broadway on 15 September last year as part of Operation Hypernova, a crackdown on county lines drug dealers.

Officers found heroin worth £860, as well as cocaine worth £500, £2,290 in cash and multiple mobile phones linking him to the ‘Lucy’ and ‘Reeko’ drug lines.

Bellamy was jailed for four years and six months in June after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin, being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property.

Detective Constable James Campbell said: “Operation Hypernova was carried out last September and saw 33 county lines dismantled with crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis worth more than £600,000 seized along with hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash and assets.

“Not only has Bellamy got a significant prison sentence, he must now pay back his ill-gotten gains.”

More information about Operation Hypernova is available on our website.