Over £3 million confiscated from class A drug dealers by ROCU

 

Three men involved in an international class A drugs ring supplying Stratford with cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, and amphetamines have been served with confiscation orders amounting to over £3 million.

This was in addition to a combined 35 years and six months in prison given during a previous sentencing.

The confiscation order was resolved at Birmingham Crown Court on 30 September.

Lukasz Albert Strag, 44 from Leicester, is required to pay £1,367,929.13 over the course of three months.

This is in addition to a previous sentence of 20 years in prison in relation to this case. 

Strag, nicknamed “Roztrzepany”, was responsible for the transportation of drugs from Europe into the UK, taking the money over to Poland, Spain, and the Netherlands and acting as a courier for the purchased goods to deliver them to a processing and distribution centre.

Tomasz Kuflowski-Swistak, 49 of Peterborough, is required to pay £459,127.61 over the course of three months.

Swistak also received eight years in prison as part of a previous sentencing.

Swistak, otherwise known as “P”, was involved in the distribution of drugs once they arrived in the country, delivering 5kg batches of amphetamines referred to as “Polish breakfasts”.

Michal Wawrzycki, 41 of Stratford-upon-Avon, is required to pay £1,201,313.67 over the course of three months.

This is in addition to a prison sentence of seven years and six months given in relation to this case previously.

Wawrzycki was identified as one of the main recipients of incoming drugs to the UK, and had his own network in the area of Stratford-upon-Avon through which he could move the drugs on.

He also used a pair of tanning salons, one in Rugby and one in Stratford, as a means to disguise the income from these activities.

Investigating officer PSI Andrew Lee said “These men were responsible for the movement of a substantial amount of class A drugs into the UK.

“Those drugs will have directly ruined lives – not only for those purchasing them, but for multitudes from their production to their movement and sale.

“We are very happy to have shown them that crime doesn’t pay – we will take back every penny that we can.”

The Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands Region (ROCUWM) carried out the investigation as part of Op Target, a major initiative to target serious and organised crime across Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia, and the West Midlands policing areas.

For more about ROCUWM, visit www.rocu.police.uk/our-national-network/west-midlands-rocuwm/