A
drug dealer, caught in an East End nightclub, has had his car
confiscated along wth £19,485 cash and £14,509 seized from his bank
account while continuing to serve a sentence of four years and eight
months imprisonment.
Antony
Hariades, 39, (pictured) of Bramshaw Road, Homerton was arrested at
the Catch 22 nightclub in Bethnal Green on March 26, last year with
cocaine, cannabis and a quantity of pills.
Police
searched his home and founder larger, more varied, amounts of drugs
including cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, MDMA, amphetamine and
diazepam.
His
assets were seized by Hackney Borough's Bantam and Payback Unit under
the Proceeds of Crime Act and included all available money and his
£4,225 Audi A3.
Detective
Constable Nerys Lloyd George of the unit said: "This
investigation has removed a substantial amount of drugs destined for
the streets of London and the profits made from drug dealing.
"The
case highlights the work that payback units do, working alongside
operational teams, ensuring criminals to do not benefit from their
activities.
“Whatever
your lifestyle, the police will pursue you through the courts and
take money earned through criminal activity away."
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