By Ashley Young-
Three criminal brothers have been ordered by the courts to repay more than £1million after they channelled drugs cash into family bank accounts.
The crooks who used their criminal funds from the sale of heroin to buy luxury cars and build an overseas villa have been told they must pay the huge bill or face more time in jail. The trio showed a lot of generosity to their family members, and used the money to pay off the mortgage and upgrade the family home . They also used the proceeds of their criminal spree to buy luxury cars fitted with personalised number plates.
A source told this publication: ”These guys lived the high life and had everything they wanted. They were the life and soul of any social gathering they attended. It all came to a sudden end”.
They have been told to pay back £1.3million or face more time behind bars. Investigators from the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit told The Eye Of Media.Com that:
” Even when in prison, criminals with an order to repay ill gotten gains can reveal and give up assets they acquired through criminal means. Any assets possessed my criminals can be seized during their imprisonment. Orders of repayment from the courts never go away”.
Sakander Riaz, previously of Belchers Lane in Bordesley Green, was jailed for 13-and-a-half years in 2016 for his part in a £4 million heroin smuggling plot which saw the drug smuggled from Pakistan. They are now legally obliged to repay £400,000 in the next three months or Sakander, Asif and Saqib will spend an extra 36, 18 and four months behind bars.
The rest of the debt will hang over them for life and police can seize any cash or assets they accrue in the future./arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-expressandstar-mna.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KKKD2EVP3VBY7BRAAQ3P5DPTJE.jpg)
Jailed Brothers Image: West Midlands Police
Investigators also found images on Saqib’s phone showing an overseas villa under construction, while £80,000 in cash was uncovered during a search of the family home. Officers from ROCU’s Regional Asset Recovery Team proceeded to launched a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigation in a bid to claw back money and assets the crooked family had amassed through their criminal enterprise
ROCU Det Chief Insp Ronan Tyrer, said: “Around £500,000 was paid into the family bank accounts despite them having not declared income.“They were making high-end purchases, extending their home and making major improvements − and all funded through drug money and others’ suffering.
“It’s important that police go after offenders even after they have been convicted in order to recoup any ill-gotten gains and illustrate our determination that crime doesn’t pay.
“The money recovered through POCA is used to pay for crime prevention and crime-fighting schemes, plus local community projects.”