Drug dealer’s relatives told to find a fortune

The wife and sister of a drug baron must pay back over £330,000 of the profits they made laundering the proceeds of his cannabis smuggling operation or face 15 months in prison. Joseph Ashman, 48, headed the £23million enterprise based in Rainham, Essex, which imported 4.5 tonnes of the drug. His wife, Mandy Ashman, 50, was spared jail for her role in the conspiracy in April 2016 because of her poor health. The Old Bailey heard that she suffers from…