A member of an organised crime gang who benefited by more than £850,000 through supplying class A drugs has been ordered to pay back just £1. The gang was found to have supplied more than £3.5m of cocaine, crack cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine, and ketamine in south Wales and the south-west of England.
Role in the gang
Urszula Glowacka, 42, and her co-defendant Pawel Kobis, 46, were being directed by an upstream supplier using multiple aliases including ‘X’, ‘Extra’, ‘Ev’, and ‘Everest’ to collect and distribute large quantities of drugs across the UK.
Jamie Davies, 29, and brothers Aleksander Lala, 30, and Nazif Lala, 25, acted as couriers to transport drugs to the group's extensive customer base. Warrants were carried out at the defendants' addresses where officers seized significant quantities of drugs and phones.
Sentences imposed
Glowacka, of Abertillery, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine, and ketamine. She was sentenced to nine years and four months imprisonment, at a sentencing hearing earlier this year.
Aleksander Lala, of Oxford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and crack cocaine. He was sentenced to nine years and four months imprisonment. Kobis, of Abertillery, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine. He was sentenced to eight years and eight months imprisonment.
Nazif Lala, of Oxford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and crack cocaine. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. Davies, of Begbroke, Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine, and ketamine. He was sentenced to five years and eight months imprisonment.
POCA hearing
A Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard Glowacka benefited to the tune of £867,689 as a result of her offending, but has no available assets. Judge Paul Hobson ordered the defendant to pay a nominal sum of £1 within seven days or serve an additional one day imprisonment in default.
Following the sentencing hearing, detective sergeant Amy Podmore, of Tarian ROCU, said: "This was a complex investigation into an organised crime group operating across a wide geographical area. These individuals acted of their own free will distributing wholesale quantities of drugs over significant distances for financial gain with no regard for the harm caused to our communities. The sentences reflect the seriousness of these offences and should serve as a warning to others."
