Five men convicted of a drug importation and money-laundering conspiracy faced confiscation hearings at Leeds Crown Court yesterday, 28 June.
Khalid Mahmood, Faisal Khan, Fiaz Ahmed, Usman Bari, and Yasser Uddin were convicted following a ten week trial in 2013. The five are currently serving sentences totalling 109 years.
The gang were shipping parcels of baby powder out to Pakistan via the postal system which were returned by criminal associates, the contents having been substituted with heroin. The enterprise as a whole was assessed to have generated £4.7m.
The court made confiscation orders totalling £900,497.87, which include a £280,000 property in Bradford, a Bentley GT Continental, equity in three further properties including one in Pakistan and a £40,000 Hublot watch.
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