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At a hearing in Leicester Crown Court, two realtors were jailed for their involvement in cannabis production.
Leicester Platinum Homes realtors Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif, who work as part of an organized crime group, use 14 homes in Leicester and 1 in Nottingham to grow and sell cannabis. It ran a £3.8m cannabis empire.
Three other men, Wesley Moden, brothers Besmir and Guzmend Kortoci, were also jailed for their involvement in cultivating Class B drugs.
Five men were arrested in March and April 2020. Omar and Latif denied wrongdoing but were found guilty of conspiracy to produce cannabis by a jury on Tuesday.
All five were jailed Wednesday, each sentenced to five years or more. I heard that the other two houses had evidence of previous cannabis growth.
The total circulation of cannabis found was around £3.8 million. But the court heard that with multiple harvests, the home could have generated sales of up to £7 million a year.
Omar, 37, the boss of Everest Court Platinum Homes in St Matthews, Leicester, was sentenced to seven years in prison and his “trusted right-hand man” Latif, 47, on Kitchener Road in Evington, Leicester. is 5 years and -6 months.
Besmir Kortoci, 31, of Courtyard Close, Sisteron, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison for violating cannabis manufacturing and supply and false documentation. His younger brother Gusmend Kortoci, 28, no fixed address, was sentenced to six years and nine months for conspiring to manufacture Class B drugs, and Moden, 43, to five years for conspiracy. punished.
After imprisoning the five men, Justice Robert Brown commented: It took a keen eye and insight to understand the pattern, the common thread that ties the events together. ”
The judge said to Omar and Latif, “This type of crime must be severely punished at this type of level. Rental properties can grow cannabis without detection if set up the right way.” provided the opportunity to
“The realtor was part of the team and provided the necessary cover to present the appearance of a legitimate landlord-tenant arrangement. This conspiracy represents serious and organized criminal activity.”
Victoria Stather, who worked on the research as part of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), added: For a while.
“The joint efforts of all those involved in this investigation, whether it was law enforcement or investigation, successfully seized over 160 kilograms of cannabis in total, and an estimated Valued at over £2 million, to the streets of Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and the community you live in.