THE police were awarded more than £800,000 from proceeds seized through drug trafficking, after a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court.

The hearing came after the seizure last year of 5000 cannabis plants worth £105,000 at a house in Park Avenue Road, Tottenham.

Abigail October, 29, and Mark Bravo, 35, were both sentenced to four and a half years in prison when they appeared in court in August.

The money awarded to the police, a total of £808,000, came from Bravo and October's bank accounts, cash and the value of the cannabis.

The money will be put into the Metropolitan Police funds to help pay towards policing operations in the future.