Investigators found that she had made nearly £200,000
Jacqueline Davies(Image: South Wales Police)
A mother has been ordered to pay back more than £112,000 after she was convicted for her role in a drug gang led by her sons which netted her almost £200,000. Jacqueline Davies and Byron Davies helped their two sons, Thomas and Jack, launder money through the sale of cocaine and the family were handed a combined total of more than 70 years’ imprisonment along with other people in the gang.
In July 2024 Jacqueline Davies from Trealaw, Tonypandy, was given a two-year prison sentence. Her sons were arrested in February 2021 and her involvement in their drug-dealing operation was subsequently revealed.
She was comvicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and being concerned in an arrangement to facilitate acquisition or control of criminal property. Don’t miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here.
Brother Thomas Davies (left) and Jack Davies (right) headed a conspiracy which saw kilograms of cocaine being driven to south Wales by couriers(Image: South Wales Police)
Financial investigators from South Wales Police found the 61-year-old had benefited from her criminal actions by £199,000, a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing was told.
She had available assets totalling £112.490.43, which she was ordered to pay back.
Byron Davies, who was given a one-year-and-seven-month suspended jail sentence for being concerned in an arrangement to facilitate acquisition or control of criminal property, was also ordered to pay money back.
He was found to have made £26,250.13 from his criminal actions and a confiscation order was made in that amount. He had available assets totalling £6,000, which he was ordered to pay back.
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