A drug lord who ran a £200million cannabis empire has been ordered to pay back just £2.2m to the taxpayer.
Nirmal Saund, 52, from Walsall in the West Midlands, posed as a respected businessman and came up with elaborate stories to lease 19 industrial premises in 13 different locations across Britain.
He enjoyed an opulent lifestyle, living in plush homes and driving around in flash cars, while he grew and harvested cannabis plants in rented the buildings.
Saund ran his business with nephew Darryl Saund, 32, and Vietnamese international Cuong Pham, 29.
He plead guilty to conspiracy to produce a controlled drug in October 2014, was jailed for 10 years and six months at Stafford Crown Court in February last year.
His nephew and Pham were convicted of conspiracy to produce a controlled drug after a trial at Stafford Crown Court in February last year.
Darryl, from Shirley in the West Midlands, was caged for nine years and Pham, from Handsworth in Birmingham, who was said to have had an operational position, was jailed for six years.
A court heard the gang operated out of a company called The Cayman Group as a group of property developers and fitted their premises with sophisticated hydroponics.
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