More than £2.4million worth of crooks’ ill-gotten gains to go under the hammer

Luxury ill-gotten goods with an estimated value of £2.4 million that were once owned by criminals are set to go under the hammer this month.

The expensive items that were seized by police include Rolex watches, gold jewellery, Cartier and Hermes belts and a diamond worth £22,000. 

Wilsons Auctions will sell off the items which also include designer clothes and shoes from Christian Louboutin, Dior, Jimmy Choo, Louis Vuitton, and Versace.

Criminal goods that were have been seized by police will be sold at auction later this month. A Rolex GMT Master II No with an estimated worth of £9,300 is among the loot

A diamond (pictured) worth £22,000 is one of the precious stones that will be auctioned. Others include emeralds and sapphires

A diamond (pictured) worth £22,000 is one of the precious stones that will be auctioned. Others include emeralds and sapphires

Bidders will even have the opportunity to purchase a three-bedroom house in London, a four-bed detached house in Norfolk and a first-floor flat in Liverpool with guide prices as low as £45,000. 

The range of high-end items will have no reserve price meaning prices will start at the highest bid giving the public a chance to own gold jewellery, diamonds, emeralds and a sapphire.

Cars including a BMW 320D and a Mercedes C250 and E220 and cherished number plates will also be sold to the highest bidder during the sale. 

 A ‘prestigious’ white Audi Q7 seized from a pair of drugs crooks who peddled cocaine and heroin across the country will also go up for auction. 

Designer shoes will go under the hammer including suede pink Gucci high-heeled shoes (pictured) worth an estimated £495 

Designer shoes will go under the hammer including suede pink Gucci high-heeled shoes (pictured) worth an estimated £495 

Pop the champagne: A bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne (pictured) from the 2004 with box worth £300 will be sold later this month

Pop the champagne: A bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne (pictured) from the 2004 with box worth £300 will be sold later this month

A modern Georgian style detached house (pictured) situated in a popular residential area of Downham Market, Norfolk was seized and shall be auctioned with a reserve price

A modern Georgian style detached house (pictured) situated in a popular residential area of Downham Market, Norfolk was seized and shall be auctioned with a reserve price

Mark Burke, 39, and Callum Brayton, 27, from Huyton, Merseyside, were jailed for a combined total of 18 years last year for a drug conspiracy that stretched across the UK.

Drugs valued at almost £200,000, as well as £20,000 in cash were seized at Burke and Brayton’s homes when they were busted by detectives in a 2016. 

The pair, who lived in the same block of flats but were rarely seen in public together, oversaw a cocaine and heroin plot that stretched from coast to coast.  

Burke controlled the flow of the drugs while Brayton was described by police as his ‘trusted lieutenant’. 

Criminals once owned these camouflage trainers by Valentino Garavani trainers (pictured) worth £550 that was seized by police

Criminals once owned these camouflage trainers by Valentino Garavani trainers (pictured) worth £550 that was seized by police

Brayton would arrange for North Wales taxi driver Paul Williams to drive to Huyton, Merseyside, to collect high-purity cocaine to sell to street dealers.  

But they were only sentenced in November 2017, with Burke jailed for 10 years, Brayton jailed for eight years and seven months and Williams for five. 

The auction house works with over 40 law enforcement agencies and over 170 government bodies across the UK and Ireland and has returned millions of pounds back to the public through the selling of seized items.

Wilsons Auctions’ Asset Recovery Executive, Michael Streight said: ‘We have a gem of an auction this month with bidders having the chance to purchase a selection of precious gem-stones including diamonds and emeralds as well as gold bars and jewellery. 

A white Audi Q7 that belonged to drug dealers from Merseyside who peddled cocaine and heroin across the UK will be sold at auction in Belfast

A white Audi Q7 that belonged to drug dealers from Merseyside who peddled cocaine and heroin across the UK will be sold at auction in Belfast

Callum Brayton, 27, was jailed for eight years and seven months for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

Mark Burke, 39, was jailed for 10 years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs

Callum Brayton, 27, and Mark Burke, 39, from Huyton, Merseyside, had thousands of pounds worth of belonging seized from their homes from police after drug conspiracy 

‘With all items going under the hammer with no reserve, this is a great opportunity to purchase quality goods for an affordable price.  

‘Each month Wilsons Auctions plays an important role in realising a large quantity of assets on behalf of our government clients which has seen us responsible in returning £100 million back into the public purse.’  

Items will be sold to the highest bidder during the auction, which will take place at Wilsons Auctions’ Belfast branch on August 30.

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