Drug gang used dirty money to buy Banksy artworks and fund lavish lifestyle
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Drug dealer who threatened to 'flood valleys with cannabis' found with Banksy artworks worth £190,000
It is believed Christopher Scrivens used funds from the drug trade to buy artwork, including a number of pieces by renowned ...
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Ebbw Vale group used drug sale funds to purchase Banksy artwork worth £190,000
A group of men and a woman, from Ebbw Vale, have today (Friday 11 October) been sentenced for their part in the importation, production, and supply of cannabis.
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Ebbw Vale crime boss bought Banksy art after smuggling drugs
A DRUGS boss used his “ill-gotten gains” to buy artwork by Banksy after smuggling nearly 16kg of cannabis worth £104,000 into the UK from California. Christopher Scrivens, 37, was the leader of a ...
Drug-dealing group bought Banksy artwork with money from cannabis sales
Police have spent three years investigation the group which used drug money to fund "lavish" lifestyles. | ITV News Wales ...