crime supergang – had 12 pieces confiscated after they were recovered by enforcement officers clamping down on criminals’ ill-gotten gains.Richardson is at HMP Glenochil in Clackmannanshire, serving an almost nine-year sentence for his role in the gang’s drugs and arms plots.The Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) confirmed a court order was granted for forfeiture of the art.The CRU said: “They will be valued and sold in due course.”Included in the haul is a series of signed prints by Scots artists Peter Howson and Graham McKean.
They can sell for more than £1000 a piece. A silver Tag Heuer watch – understood to be worth up to £1000 – was also seized.The CRU made an application to Edinburgh Sheriff Court for recovery of the items.
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