A couple who lived a lavish lifestyle on the profits from drug crime have been ordered to forfeit thousands of pounds.

Mark Humphreys, 52, and his partner Gemma Thorpe, 31, were both jailed for their part in a drugs ring after police seized one of the biggest ever hauls found in Sussex.

Cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis worth £1.3 million were discovered after raids on lock-up garages in Chichester.

Detectives also seized more than £200,000 in cash and found a shotgun and two high-voltage stun guns.

At Hove Crown Court in November last year the couple were both jailed.

Humphreys was sentenced to seven years in prison after he admitted three charges of conspiracy to supply drugs.

Thorpe was given two-and-a-half years jail after she admitted laundering £435,000 of drugs money to pay for their £500,000 detached house in Denmans Lane, Fontwell.

The court heard how the couple lived an extravagant lifestyle.

They had expensive foreign holidays and Humphreys is believed to have had a share in a box at Premiership club Chelsea.

They paid for their £25,000 engagement rings in cash and had more than half a dozen luxury cars, including Audis, BMWs and Mercedes as well as more than £100,000 in jewellery.

Today they were back in court for a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

They appeared separately at Lewes Crown Court to agree to pay the profits from their crimes.

Humphreys, who is due for release from jail in October 2009, admitted the profit he had made totalled £432,557.42.

The prosecution agreed his only realisable assets would raise £134,603.17.

He has been ordered to pay that sum by June next year or face a further two years behind bars.

The court heard their house is up for auction and their cars and jewellery are for sale.

Thorpe, who has already been released from prison, agreed the benefit she made came to £39,085 and the available assets she has agreed to pay is £3,456.11. If she fails to pay in six months she will be jailed for three months.

Detective Constable Pete Murphy said: "Thorpe was not directly involved in the trafficking of the drugs but I have no qualms about the fact she knew exactly what she was involved in.

"She had no problems living the lifestyle and spending the money."

Police started keeping watch on the couple, as well as two other members of their gang, in the spring of 2005 after hearing about Humphreys' activities.

When police began closing in on the gang in September 2005 they arrested one man who was carrying a holdall containing 5kg of amphetamines.

Detectives found a further 16kg of amphetamines in the boot of a car in a rented garage in Kensington Road, Chichester. Large amounts of drugs were found in other garages in the area rented by Humphreys. At a garage in Shamrock Close police found half a kilo of cocaine, 21kg of amphetamines as well as skunk cannabis and cannabis resin.

Garages in Somerstown, Little Beach and the Ridgeway areas of Chichester contained more drugs, cash and a stolen car. A hydraulic press and cutting agents for processing the drugs and electronic scales were also found.

In total 4.6kg of cocaine was recovered with a street value of around £666,000. The haul included 40.6kg of amphetamine sulphate, which could fetch up to £410,000 on the streets. The 21kg of cannabis seized was worth up to £136,000.

Police claim Humphreys set up the car sales firm KGS Autos, which existed only on paper, to act as a cover for his drug transactions.

Humphreys claimed the Mr Big behind the operation was his former business partner, George Wood. He told detectives Wood had fled to Cyprus but officers have not been able to trace him and believe he never existed.

Police found no evidence Thorpe was involved in drug dealing but detectives believe she knew what was going on.