Fatos Hansa used to own cocktail bar Lab 22 in Cardiff
A former Cardiff nightclub owner who headed a crime gang that flooded the city with cocaine has been ordered to hand over nearly £200,000.
Fatos Hasa, who used to own cocktail bar Lab 22, was jailed for eight years in November 2015 for leading a gang caught with £1m pounds worth of drugs.
He appeared before Judge Daniel Williams at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday for a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Prosecutor Lowri Wynn Morgan said Hasa made £350,000 from his criminal activities.
Investigators found he had £191,461 available for confiscation, plus 800 euros.
Judge Williams made a confiscation order for that sum to be handed over within three months.
If he failed to pay in time, Hasa, 32, from Coed Y Gores in Llanedeyrn, would face two years in prison.
Hasa was the ringleader of a group that brought more than £1m worth of drugs on to the streets of South Wales.
Police seized 3kg of cocaine and 7kg of cannabis, worth an estimated £1m, during their seven-month investigation.
The raids, which happened in March and April 2015, involved 50 police officers.
Hasa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine between August 2012 and April 2015.
He also admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis between February 2014 and April 2015.
Sentencing judge Philip Richards described him as a “greedy man” whose illegal trade “caused misery”.
Four other gang members were jailed at the same time as Hasa
Lorenc Hasa, 31, from Coed Y Gores in Llanedeyrn, was jailed for 68 months for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Naldi Metaj, 25, who does not have a fixed address, was jailed for 68 months for the same offence.
Sharif Omar, 36, from Carlisle Street in Splott – 40 months for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Dardan Merdhoqi, 26, from Edison Ridge in Newport – 34 weeks for conspiracy to supply cannabis.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-nightclub-owner-who-headed-12555447
No comments:
Post a Comment