A Tooting drugs baron has been officially forced to pay back £750,000 of his profits.

Sean Lynch, 49, was forced to hand over assets worth £758,353 to police after a ruling last week at Kingston Crown Court.

Judge Crocker said Lynch had made £1m from a drugs ring based in Tooting, and lived a life of luxury.

Detective Inspector Gary Burn of the Economic Crime Unit said: “This man was living the high life from his criminal lifestyle. Not only have we stopped him with a jail sentence, but now we have taken the profit from him as well.

“The latest confiscation order should send out a clear warning to criminals that crime does not pay and that whatever your lifestyle, however big you think you are, we will pursue you.”

The court heard Lynch led a massive cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis ring from a house in Derinton Road.

Last August, he was jailed along with three others for a total of almost 60 years.

His assets were seized at the time, but this ruling under the Proceeds of Crime Act ensured he would never get them back.

Lynch owned a luxurious house on a private gated-estate at Warlingham and two properties in Spain.

He also owned watches, jewellery, a Ferrari, a new Aston Martin, a convertible Mercedes and other expensive cars.

An investigation by Surrey Police could not identify any visible form of legitimate income to maintain such a lifestyle.

Confiscation orders for lower amounts totalling just over £12,000 were obtained against the other members of the gang, Stephen Voller and David Warwick, both from Derington Road, and Ian Nesbitt, from Pretoria Road.

The four were convicted of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.

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