A DRUG gang member from Holsworthy who was jailed in April for conspiracy to supply drugs has been served with a Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO'S).

Richard Armitage, 33, of Week St Mary, Holsworthy, was jailed along with Bret Seldon, also known as Bret Burgess, 33, of Briar Crescent Exeter, for five years and three months on April 28 at Exeter Crown Court.

The pair, members of an Exeter drug gang, were convicted of conspiracy to supply amphetamine.

The convictions followed a successful covert policing operation undertaken by Zephyr anti-crime unit and Devon and Cornwall Police.

Following the convictions, investigating officers under Zephyr applied for Serious Crime Prevention Orders which were successfully granted at Exeter Crown Court on Wednesday June 24 and last for five years.

DS Rob Youngman said: "Seldon and Armitage were controlling the commercial supply of drugs from Liverpool and Slough and did so to fund their lavish lifestyles, which included high performance vehicles, clothing, gadgets and gambling.

"They were organising the mixing of drugs to maximise their profit and would use others to sell these drugs.

”These orders are a first for Devon and Cornwall Police and demonstrate how local policing, Regional Organised Crime Units and the Crown Prosecution Service will work together to ensure people involved in serious and organized criminality are heavily restricted in key areas upon their release from serving lengthy custodial sentences."