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West Yorkshire Police seize £1m from drug dealers



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Published Date: 14 May 2008
West Yorkshire drug dealers have had more than £1million seized from them.
Four Calderdale men have been named in the rogues gallery released by West Yorkshire Police today.

In the last 12 months, specialist financial investigators from the Economic Crime Unit, part of the force's crime division, have gone through the finances of 14 convicted drugs criminals with a fine-toothed comb and, in conjunction with criminal justice partner agencies, secured confiscation orders worth £1,155,561 using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Detective Chief Superintendent Max Mclean, head of West Yorkshire Police's Crime Division, said: "Our message to those who think they can profit from crime in West Yorkshire and get away with it is clear. We will not only investigate your criminal activity and put you before the courts, we will also use the latest legislation to strip you of the ill-gotten gains you've generated from those crimes."

Those from Calderdale include Ajmal Aziz, 26, from Halifax. He was convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering offences and jailed for seven years. Police seized more than £65, 500 from him.

Amjad Hussain, 25, from Halifax, was sentenced to three years and two months after being convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering. £239,000 was seized from him

Police took £123,330 from Sajid Aziz, 31, of Halifax, after he was jailed for seven years - reduced to six on appeal - for the same offences.

And Richard Pype, formerly of Greetland, Halifax, was ordered to hand back £46,228 after being convicted of producing cannabis. He was given 200 hours unpaid work.

The others in west Yorkshire were:

Andrew George Jenkins, 49, from Pontefract.
Convicted of possessing cannabis with intent to supply and money laundering.
12 months suspended for two years. £14, 304.66 seized.

Brian Henry Parker, 41, from Eccleshill, Bradford
Convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering offences. Jailed for six years. £121,640.95 seized.

Sajid Mohammed, 29, of Burley, Leeds.
Convicted of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs. Jailed for eight years. £392,314.43 seized.

Michele Tarantino, 32, of Leeds.
Convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to supply. Jailed for 30 months. £24,500 seized.

Shahik MIAH, 28, of Keighley.
Convicted of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and money laundering. Jailed for two years. £33,387.80 seized.

Nassar Mukhtar Ahmed, 29, of Batley.
Convicted of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. Jailed for 24 months. £22,510.37 seized.

Michael Bernard Gledhill, 38, of Laisterdyke, Bradford.
Convicted of possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Jailed for 18 months. £17,199.30 seized.

Kim Ahn Diep, 27, of Lupset, Wakefield.
Convicted of production of cannabis. Jailed for four years. £7,053.79 seized.

Patrick Trevor Davis, 40, of Buttershaw, Bradford.
Convicted of possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. Jailed for 12 months. £18,581.15 seized.

Nigel John Ward, 42, of Pudsey, Leeds.
Convicted of possessing cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamine with intent to supply. Jailed for 78 months. £30,000 seized.

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  • Last Updated: 14 May 2008 9:45 AM
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P'd off!!,

14/05/2008 10:00:20
good....at least they are taking the cash back off them....but if they are making that much money...they wont be stupid..it will all be in family names too...other things owned by other people...get them interrogated...they will have known what they were up to!!

and also sorry to bring it up, a lot of "foreign" names there, all probably born in this country which is ok, and im making assumptions they are muslim but is drug dealing frowned upon in the Koran?

let them do some sharia law on them when they get out too...a good beating and pelting with stones is what they all deserve...and i mean all...english names too!!!
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14/05/2008 10:05:33
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Chigley,

14/05/2008 10:28:12
Thats gonna knock back sales of new BMW X5s for a while....
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14/05/2008 11:44:21
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tweedledum,

hx 14/05/2008 11:52:45
all well and good but there is always somebody else to take their place - if they came up hanson lane or gibbet street they would certainly catch a few more openly dealing after 7.30 of course -
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mr man..,

14/05/2008 12:09:01
Its not just Hanson lane and Gibbet street, Its openly happening everywhere.!
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14/05/2008 12:24:06
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david21,

14/05/2008 15:51:38
waste of Police time? real criminals? Barry what the hell are you on about! If you look closely into crimes committed somewhere down the line drugs will be involved in probably 90% of cases, doesnt matter what it is. Most people would say drugs should be a high priority. This is what makes the UK so rubbish all the dealers and users (yes even recreational users too)
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Barry Leotard,

14/05/2008 17:23:35
david21 it was tongue-in-cheek. Obviously someone took it even more offensively than you did. I know the problems involved, some of which are the making of the current laws, as most drug dealers are never caught do you really thing it is a good idea advertising just how much money you can make from selling them?
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Haxpat,

Ohio USA 14/05/2008 17:31:10
So take the money and all other items bought with drug money.. Use it to build more prisons then enforce manditory sentencing of 10 years for drug trafficking.
But we all know that won't happen. They'll be released in less than a year and get back into the business ..
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