Mr and Mrs Speed in trouble after being caught with 1kg of amphetamines

A Forest Town couple enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle paid for with money made from drug dealing. The aptly named Speeds were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court last Friday. Daniel, aged 36, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply amphetamines, otherwise known as ‘Speed’. He was sent to jail for two-and-a-half years.

His wife Abigail, aged 27, was also dealt with under the Proceeds of Crime Act and as a result she received a community order requiring her to undertake 180 hours of unpaid work. The pair were arrested following a police raid at their then home in  Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on 13 October 2011.



Officers seized around a kilogram of amphetamines from bags, and tubs found in the kitchen and a Mercedes car parked on the driveway. This was estimated to equate to 1,000 individual deals with a combined street value of £3,550. Scales featuring traces of the same drug, as well as £1,991 cash, was also seized. Further enquiries into the couple’s lifestyle found unaccounted cash deposits over a five-year period into Abigail’s bank account.

They totalled £78,284, despite Daniel being unemployed since 2008 and Abigail receiving benefits to supplement her earnings as a chip shop assistant. As a result, property worth £16,509 was seized from the address, including televisions, a stereo and speakers, a laptop, mobile phones, iPods, satellite navigation units, a camera, clothing and other electrical items. The couple’s Mitsubishi, Mercedes and Renault Clio cars were also seized.