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Updated · BBC.com · May 8
Zulfiqar Shah jailed after £1.6m cash and drugs seizure
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · May 8

Zulfiqar Shah jailed after £1.6m cash and drugs seizure

5 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 8
  • The 58-year-old was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to 16 years and six months after police found heroin, ketamine and adulterant at a Rhylstone Mount property.
  • West Yorkshire Police said £1,625,693.82 was recovered, including about £1.4m hidden in wardrobe compartments discovered during a second search in October.
  • Police called it the force's biggest single criminal cash seizure; the money now faces confiscation proceedings and could later be distributed to agencies and local community projects.
A drug lord's £1.6M fortune was seized. Can this money now be used to undo the damage his operation caused?
With a major drug dealer jailed for 16 years, who is now moving to take control of his lucrative criminal network?
Police found 18.8kg of mystery cutting agents. What dangerous substances are now being secretly mixed into street drugs?