A drug gang ringleader of a nationwide drugs and firearms conspiracy jailed for 25 years will now have to pay back £350,000.
Umair Zaheer, formerly of Somerset Road, Eccles, was jailed in February 2022 along with three other men following a joint investigation with the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Zaheer, Jordan Waring, Brandon Moore, and Louis Coleman were jailed at Manchester Crown Court on Friday 4 February 2022 after being convicted of eight offences between them.
The convictions included conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life and a million-pound conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
A confiscation hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday 20 May was told that Zaheer had benefited from £692,000 from his criminal activities.
The court ordered the drug gang ringleader, Umair Zaheer to surrender £350,000 – the total value of his assets.
DI Rebecca McGuigan, of the Salford Challenger team, said: “Some of the serious criminality in Salford in the years before these arrests was a result of these individuals and it would be wrong for any of them to benefit from their ill-gotten gains.
“If Zaheer fails to pay within three months then he will serve an extra three-and-a-half years in jail and still have to sell his assets and pay using the proceeds.
“We will be trying to reclaim the rest of the money if we prove he has more cash or assets we can seize.”
Last year the GMP’s Economic Crime Unit recovered more than £15m of criminals’ money.
DI McGuigan added: “Reclaiming cash this way not only disrupts criminal activity but it also directly benefits communities across Greater Manchester.
“These funds will be reinvested into vital community programmes and services through our Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS) funding scheme.”
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