A DRUG dealer convicted as part of a £1million organised crime gang has been ordered to pay back £190,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Paul Shiel, 41, of Westhoughton in Bolton, was jailed for two years in June last year for his role in a huge drugs and money laundering ring.

Police seized more than half-a-million pounds worth of drugs during Operation Dunlin.

The gang, headed by kingpin Richard Wynn, 36, of Worsthorne, Burnley, was sentenced to a combined total of 50 years, at Preston Crown Court last year.

It also included Wynn’s 56-year-old father Shaun, of Inchfield, Worsthorne, as well as Andrew Donachie, 52, of Taylor Street, Rawtenstall.

At a Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation hearing, at Preston Crown Court yesterday, it was deemed he had benefitted to the amount of £799,966.48 from his criminality.

He was ordered to pay back £190,000 within six months, or face a further two years and eight months in jail – with the order still to be paid.

In comparison, 11 other members of the gang have already faced POCA hearings, with their combined criminal benefit totalling over £1million and orders being made for just £99,416.09.