A drug dealer's mum was caught "red handed" after cops found her sitting in bed next to large bundles of money. Nearly £500,000 was seized by officers searching the home of Ian Shacklady and Gillian Melville during the National Crime Agency raid.A joint probe with Merseyside Police discovered the organised crime group - run by Melville’s son, Alan Causer - had trafficked hundreds of kilos of heroin and cocaine.
The couple’s home on Marchbank Road in Skelmersdale was searched on September 15, 2021 - revealing the cash was only the tip of the iceberg.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Melville was found "sitting in a bed in one of the bedrooms with neatly stacked piles of cash on the bed to one side of her".
Henry Riding, prosecuting, described the 66-year-old as having been "caught red handed" with "multiple bags containing large quantities of cash on the floor at her feet”.Monies totalling £481,375 were seized from "various locations" around the property.
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