A DRUGS gang which tried to flood Burnley with hard drugs – before becoming embroiled in a turf war with rivals – is said to have made more than £210,000 from the venture.

Some of the senior figures in the network will not face any further penalties though, after a Preston Crown Court judge ruled they had little, if any, realisable assets.

Dealers travelled from the Wigan area to Burnley on an almost daily basis to dish out heroin and crack cocaine, according to prosecutors.

But the enterprise came unstuck when a shotgun was fired in the Stroyan Street area in March 2017.

Twelve dealers, mostly from Leigh and one from Bolton, were jailed for a total of more than 70 years earlier this year. One was given a suspended sentence.

Following the case, financial investigators from Lancashire Police probed their finances and took proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

A previous court hearing was told that police raided the homes of two ringleaders, Robyn Anderton, 23, and Darren Charnock, 28, both of Palace Grove, and impounded hundreds of pounds in cash, along with 70 wraps of heroin or crack cocaine.

Judge Sara Dodd, sitting at Preston Crown Court, ruled though that Anderton and Charnock had only benefitted to the tune of £8,300, and £9,288 respectively, they only had to pay £1 and £9.66 to the court, or face nominal one-day jail sentences in default, because of their lack of assets.

Michael Siddeley, 24, of Littleton Close, Warrington, is said to have made £119,120 and Kieron Siddeley, 22, of Warrington Road, Leigh, profited by £92,552.

But Kieron Siddeley only had assets of £172 - and was also told he would face one day in custody in default of payment.

The court heard Michael Siddeley had assets of £7,500 and would be jailed for four months if he did not pay up.

Co-defendant Callum Riley, 18, of Coronation Drive, Leigh, was told his benefit figure was £7,976, and he had assets of £1,035, so would face a seven-day jail sentence in default.

The judge adjourned the case of Aaron McFadden, 24, of Chatham Street, Leigh, until October 29, after he was not produced from custody.

A forfeiture order for £389 was made in the case of Alex Hall, 29, of Carswell Close, Tyldesley.

Lisa Rigby, 37, of Cunliffe Street, Hayden Ashcroft, 29, of Coronation Drive, Charlie Boyle, 19, of Carisbrook Road, and Luke Briggs, 18, of Hendon Street, all Leigh, and Jamie Crompton, 31, of Ainsworth Lane, Bolton, were also jailed as a result of the same operation.