A man who led a drug empire that funded a millionaire lifestyle has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Sean Lynch, 48, also had his £1m house in a gated estate in Warlingham, Surrey and luxury cars seized by police.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday found Lynch guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Lynch previously admitted conspiracy to supply amphetamines and cannabis resin and herbal cannabis. His "right-hand man" and two others were also jailed.
Surrey Police said assets seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act included a £170,000 Aston Martin, a Ferrari, a Rolls Royce, a convertible Mercedes, a top of the range convertible BMW 6 series, a Land Rover sport, a VW Golf, a motorbike and an American police car.
"I am quite sure you were the organiser, the man who kept very much in the background"
Detectives said a financial investigation could not identify any form of legitimate income or investments able to fund such a lifestyle.
A confiscation hearing to decide if Lynch will be permanently stripped of his assets will take place in December.
Judge John Crocker told him: "I am quite sure you were the organiser, the man who kept very much in the background."
Ian Nesbitt, 46, from Tooting, described as Lynch's right-hand man, pleaded guilty to four offences of conspiracy to supply drugs and was jailed for 12 years.
Stephen Voller, 56, and David Warwick, 34, both from Tooting, south London, were each found guilty of the same four charges.
Voller was sentenced to 14 years in prison and Warwick to 12.
Covert deliveries
The gang was arrested in October 2007 when officers executed search warrants at Warlingham and two addresses in Tooting.
The court heard how £600,000 worth of class A, B and C drugs, much of it ready for distribution, was found at one Tooting address, which was used as a warehouse.
Officers kept the address under surveillance between March and October, covertly witnessing deliveries coming in and going out, the court was told.
Nesbitt and Voller were responsible for distributing the drugs and were frequently observed leaving a terraced house in Tooting with carrier bags or boxes.
Warwick lived at the address with Voller, where almost all of the cocaine was found, still packaged in the pellets which had been swallowed and illegally imported by human drug mules.
The court heard how some of the pellets still smelled of excrement, indicating in the judge's mind that the gang were "very close to the importers".
Judge Crocker, noting that the premises were "awash with class A, B and C drugs", told the men: "You were motivated by greed."
Weapons such as flick knives and knuckle-dusters were recovered from Tooting and Warlingham.
Det Insp Pete Fulton, from Surrey Police, said: "This team of dealers was responsible for supplying a large amount of illegal drugs and people in Surrey will be safer as a result."
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