Assets belonging to criminals can be recovered by the Crown
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Ten flats in Dundee owned by a convicted drug dealer are to be sold off with the proceeds going into the public purse.
Paul Cox was jailed two years ago after being caught with cannabis resin worth more than �80,000.
The properties he owned can be sold under new legalisation allowing the proceeds of crime to be seized.
Cox also had substantial savings, most of which was recovered by the Crown following a court settlement.
He was jailed for three and a half years in 2004 after being caught with �83,000 of cannabis resin in a Dundee hospital car park.
It is hoped the properties will raise �150,000 once any outstanding mortgage payments have been settled.
The Lord Advocate, The Rt Hon The Lord Boyd of Duncansby QC, said the Cox case showed the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 was working.
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