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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rich Booth

Man jailed after police seize more than 2,000 litres of ‘date rape drug’ GBL

Officers examined months of phone data to establish the involvement of Ahoor Ramabark Fathi, 61, of Willowbrook Road, Southall - (Met Police)

A man has been jailed for 12 years after police uncovered more than 2,000 litres of GBL, a liquid drug which is linked to spiking, and more commonly known as the ‘date rape drug’.

Police investigating a series of drug offences in the north west of England passed intelligence to detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Unit, suggesting large qualities of GBL was being transported from Manchester to London, alongside the supply of crystal meth from London to Manchester.

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