A glamorous female drug smuggler who earned £ 88,000 with the actions of a 'zombie drug' in British prisons was ordered to repay only £ 1 after she had spent all the money.
Abigail Kavanagh, 25, flooded herbs – a synthetic form of cannabis – in prisons in Wales while working as part of an organized group.
The beautician also collected cash for the criminal company and used secret messages to arrange the drop-offs.
Kavanagh benefited up to an amount of £ 88,023 due to her crimes, but she has blown each cent and cannot repay the amount, Newport heard Crown Court.
As a result, she was instructed to increase only £ 1.
The court rather heard how Kavanagh, class A drugs with a trade with a value of approximately £ 300,000 for an organized crime gang of the value of them abroad.
An investigation by the police investigating the import of wholesale quantities MDMA – known as Ecstasy – led to its arrest.
Border Force Officers on East Midlands Airport intercepted a package that was sent from more than 1,000 miles away in Austria and intended for the home address of Kavanagh in Ely, Cardiff.
Abigail Kavanagh (photo), 25, flooded herbs – a synthetic form of cannabis – in prisons in Wales while working as part of an organized group
Newport Crown Court heard how Kavanagh had succeeded in affecting £ 88,000 because of her crimes, but had blown every cent, which means that she cannot repay the sum
The beautician was previously imprisoned for seven years and six months after she admitted drugs, including Ecstasy, which she disguised as bath salts. Displayed: MDMA disguised as bath salt
The package had disguised 10 kilograms of MDMA as a bath salt for the fake beautician.
The drugs had a potential street value of £ 300,000 when divided by the crime gang.
Officers of Operation Gemstone run by Tarian, the regional organized crime unit for Zuid -Wales, then arrested Kavanagh at her home.
The police discovered secret messages from her phone that her role in the gang also included the arrangements of spices of prisons in Zuid -Wales and collected cash for the group.
Kavanagh was convicted at Newport Crown Court in October for her role in human trafficking on behalf of the group.
Kavanagh was convicted of the Newport Crown Court in October for its role in trade in drugs on behalf of the group
His real estate Daniel Williams said, “You knew you played for high efforts and you lost.”
Kavanagh van Ely, Cardiff, was initially sentenced to nine years in prison – but reduced to seven years and six months after a guilty plea.
A court heard that she had made £ 88,000 because of her crime, but had no recoverable assets left – and was instructed to repay a nominal compensation of £ 1.
Speaking after the sentence detective Rhys Richards, from Tarian, said: 'Abigail Kavanagh was a crucial member of an organized crime group.
'She was given the task of receiving class A drugs with a potential street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
'She also had the task to arrange deliveries of herbs to prisons and to collect cash for the group.
'Perpetrators who import medicines and traffic around our communities and prisons do not care about the damage they bring. Their only care is a profit.
'Kavanagh has received a long -term custody, who sends a clear message to those who choose to become involved in this type of crime.
“Tarian continues to work closely with partner agencies, including Border Force and the National Crime Agency, to use every source within our power to bring these perpetrators to the court.”
