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CRIMINALS have been stripped of more than £1m this year as police wage a war on their illegal profits. One Cumbria's most senior detectives has spoken of stunning recent successes as police target the criminal cash circulating in the county - much of it linked to drugs. Following a Freedom of Information question from the News & Star, Cumbria Constabulary has spelled out its rapidly improving record for clawing back illicit cash from criminals. The figures show an escalation in the force's court-approved cash seizures for the three years up to January this year. In 2018, police seize...

Seized: Cash seized by police (stock photo) MAGISTRATES have approved a Cumbria police application to seize more than £8,000 from a Penrith man. The application — considered by Carlisle’s Rickergate court — was made against Sean Askins, of Huntley Avenue, Penrith, and related to £8,643, which police believe was obtained through “unlawful conduct and was intended for use in unlawful conduct.” The application was made under the 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act. According to court records, the cash was seized on August 10 last year. Magistrates ruled that the money can be detained ...