CRIMINALS have been stripped of more than £1m this year as police wage a war on their illegal profits. One Cumbria s most senior detectives has spoken of stunning recent successes as police target the criminal cash circulating in the county - much of it linked to drugs. Following a Freedom of Information question from the News & Star, Cumbria Constabulary has spelled out its rapidly improving record for clawing back illicit cash from criminals. The figures show an escalation in the force s court-approved cash seizures for the three years up to January this year. In 2018, police seized £12,265 from criminals. The following year, the county s figure rose to £28,135.