A DRUG trafficker and fraudster who made more than £100,000 from his criminal activities was ordered to pay back more than £25,000.

Luke Richard Jordan, 35, of Seaview, Sudbrook, was jailed for two years in August 2011 after pleading guilty to one count of mortgage fraud and one count of being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of class A drugs.

Jordan was caught after the UK Border Agency intercepted a parcel to him from Madrid in June 2010 containing 30g of cocaine, worth around £900, and 20g of MDMA (Ecstasy), worth around £700.

When police raided his home, they found hydroponic cannabis-growing equipment in the attic, and noticed that he was living beyond his means.

Further investigation found that when he remortgaged his house in 2008, he falsely self-certified annual earnings of £40,000.

Judge David Morris said during a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Newport Crown Court that Jordan benefited from his criminal activities to the tune of £113,686, and ordered him to pay back more than £25,000.

Judge Morris ruled that the value of Jordan’s house in Sudbrook was £138,000 and the court heard he also had a vehicle worth £1,260, bringing his total assets to £139,260.

However, once a mortgage of £111,778.20 and legal fees to sell the house of £1,885 and £366 had been deducted, Judge Morris ruled Jordan’s available assets were £25,230.80.

He ordered that this amount be repaid within six months.