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Somerset Drug Dealer Loses £120,000 in Cash and Assets Following Conviction Wednesday, October 29, 2025 somerset drug dealer confiscation crime police drugs taunton proceeds investigation Nearly a year after being jailed, Somerset drug dealer Dawid Dankiewicz has had more than £120,000 in cash and assets seized by police. Dankiewicz, 34, was sentenced to 26 months in prison last November after pleading guilty … Read More