A major supplier involved in a drugs ring masterminded in Bradford has been ordered by a judge to pay more than £150,000 or face three more years in jail.

Paul Haukerdahl was sent to prison for 16 years in April after a jury convicted him of being the Liverpool end of a massive drugs conspiracy which moved large quantities of ecstasy and cannabis across the north of England.

Judge Peter Benson yesterday decided that a house in Liverpool, which had originally been bought in the name of Haukerdahl's girlfriend, Pamela Murphy, was in effect used as "a washing machine'' to launder some of the proceeds from his drug trafficking.

The house had been bought for just under £50,000 in a dilapidated condition, but renovations and expensive fittings now meant it was valued at about £180,000.

An inquiry by the financial investigations unit of West Yorkshire Police assessed Haukerdahl's "benefit'' from drugs at more than £630,000 and Judge Benson concluded that he now had realisable assets totalling £151,884.52.

He told the 36-year-old father-of-one that if he did not pay that sum in the next six months he would have three more years in jail added to his existing sentence.

Four other men were also jailed for their part in the major conspiracy to supply millions of pounds of drugs, including the Bradford mastermind behind the operation - 47-year-old Nigel Sharp, owner of the Heartbeat Fitness Centre in Little Germany, Bradford, who was jailed for 14 years.

Bradford Crown Court heard today that the house in Liverpool included a two-storey extension and high-quality fixtures and fittings. The television and hi-fi equipment was valued at more than £11,000 and thousands of pounds had been spent on radiators, plumbing and heating.

Judge Benson said money paid into one of Miss Murphy's building society accounts was being used to make the mortgage repayments on the house and he was satisfied the source of that money was Haukerdahl's drug dealing.

It was suggested that Haukerdahl was not living at the address with his girlfriend and daughter, but Judge Benson concluded: "I find as a fact that this house was indeed essentially to be a means of laundering Mr Haukerdahl's drug money and I find that it was intended essentially as a family home and it was to be paid for from that source.''