A drug dealer found with luxury items including Rolex watches and jewellery has been ordered to pay back £100,000. He was ordered to pay the sum despite making almost double the amount from selling MDMA, cocaine, cannabis, and ketamine.
Hiral Patel, 39, was in his green Mercedes-Benz when he was pulled over by police in Cardiff at around 11.30pm on April 9, 2019, after he was seen by police driving at speed. He then pulled up outside a house in Cathays and attempted to carry out a drug deal.
The defendant gave his parents' address in Cowbridge before giving his real address at Curran Embankment in Butetown. A search of the property resulted in the discovery of 416 MDMA tablets, 2.6oz of powdered MDMA, 3g of cocaine, 1.6oz of skunk, and 6.6oz of ketamine. The drugs had a street value between £6,854 and £10,797.
