(Gibraltar Chronicle) A gang leader who made almost £8m importing cannabis into the UK has been ordered to hand back a quarter of the money. He was caught largely as a result of substantial evidence provided by the Royal Gibraltar Police to the Metropolitan Police Service in London. This concerned a money laundering investigation and conspiracy to supply 1 ton of cannabis resin. Sixty-two year old Christopher Rowe was sentenced at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to 8 years and 3 months imprisonment. Three other men in the organised crime group received similar sentences after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and supply of Cannabis Resin.>
Rowe also had assets, including cash, worth over £1,800,000 confiscated by the court after he was found to have benefited from criminal dealings in the sum of £8,000,000. Rowe had been linked to Gibraltar registered companies which he had set up to assist in laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking. The Metropolitan Police Service sought the assistance of the RGP in order to seek evidence of this for the court case in UK.
Rowe funded a lavish lifestyle by transporting huge amounts of cannabis from Spain to Holland, before shipping them to Britain concealed in lorryloads of rubber tiles.
Rowe and the other members of the gang were arrested on 28th March 2007 when Police raided several farmhouses where the drugs were being delivered to, with Rowe himself being found with £268,000 in cash and 9 mobile phones at his home in Surrey.
The confiscation figures represent one of the highest confiscations achieved by the Metropolitan Police Service and has been hailed a major triumph by investigators.
Rowe also had assets, including cash, worth over £1,800,000 confiscated by the court after he was found to have benefited from criminal dealings in the sum of £8,000,000. Rowe had been linked to Gibraltar registered companies which he had set up to assist in laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking. The Metropolitan Police Service sought the assistance of the RGP in order to seek evidence of this for the court case in UK.
Rowe funded a lavish lifestyle by transporting huge amounts of cannabis from Spain to Holland, before shipping them to Britain concealed in lorryloads of rubber tiles.
Rowe and the other members of the gang were arrested on 28th March 2007 when Police raided several farmhouses where the drugs were being delivered to, with Rowe himself being found with £268,000 in cash and 9 mobile phones at his home in Surrey.
The confiscation figures represent one of the highest confiscations achieved by the Metropolitan Police Service and has been hailed a major triumph by investigators.
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