A DRUG dealer who had his picture taken with a cannabis haul must pay £20,000 in three months — or go to jail.

Jay Kabito was ordered to do community service in September last year, after he admitted possessing cannabis and being concerned in the supply of it.

But police financial investigators probed Kabito's life, uncovering assets including a cabin cruiser and several cars.

Even though police found only £700 of drugs when they raided Kabito's home in Highcroft, Astley Bridge in August, 2013, a judge has now ruled that he made more than 100 times that from his drug dealing.

Kabito had taken pictures on his mobile phone of huge piles of cash, as well as a shot of him posing with cannabis.

Crouched at the side of the plants, Kabito, aged 26, is evidently posing on the picture.

Other photographs show bundles of £10 and £20 notes, and a black bag stuffed with cash.

During the police search when Kabito was arrested, they also found bank documents.

Further investigations showed that he had made numerous trips to Turkey and Amsterdam over the past two years.

The police inquiry resulted in Kabito being taken back to Bolton Crown Court on Friday for a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing.

Judge Graeme Smith found that Kabito, now of Oakfield Drive, Little Hulton, had made £80,000 from drug dealing.

He was ordered to hand over £19,500 in the next three months or he would be jailed for 12 months.

Kabito pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cannabis, and one count of being concerned in the supply of it.

On September 29 last year, he was sentenced to 70 hours of unpaid work, as well as being placed under a supervision order for the next 12 months.

Tony Wood, police financial investigator for Bolton was pleased with the ruling.

He said: "This goes to show that, although the value of drugs recovered may be relatively small, POCA can revisit the defendant's expenditure and lifestyle over previous years to show the extent of offending,"

Last year, police in Bolton celebrated a record-year for POCA, with nearly £1 million seized.