Dealer caught with cash and cocaine blocks in cars is ordered to pay back more than £270,000

A drug dealer who was stopped in Halesowen with more than £150,000 in a car and £90,000 worth of cocaine in another one has been ordered to pay back more than £270,000 in cash.

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Tanvir Khaliq. Photo: West Midlands Police

Tanvir Khaliq is serving five years in prison after admitting intent to supply cocaine, money laundering and possession of cannabis in May 2022.

A hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday heard Khaliq benefited from his crimes by a total of £508,016.81.

The cash that was recovered by police after Khaliq was stopped in Halesowen in 2022
The cash that was recovered by police after Khaliq was stopped in Halesowen in 2022

Khaliq was stopped by officers as he drove a black Vauxhall Corsa, in Long Lane, Halesowen, on July 5, 2021.