Convicted Newport drug dealer Naseer Zaman, who is already serving a 15 year sentence, has been told he must pay £225,000 into court or face further time behind bars.
The confiscation order was made by Judge Michael Challinor under the Proceeds of Crime legislation at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday.
A six-point agreement reached between the prosecution and defence declared that Zaman had led a criminal life-style andhad benefited by £450,000 from his criminal conduct.
Judge Challinor said that the confiscation order of £225,000 had to be paid in six months and that in default of the order he would have to serve an additional two and half years in prison.
Mr David Allen, for the prosecution, said Zaman had waived his right to a sum of cash - believed to be in the region of £70,000 - previously seized by the police.
Yesterday’s rulings follow an extensive investigation into Zaman’s financial status by officers from the West Mercia police economic crime unit based at Telford and included details of the purchase of his luxury home at Lilleshall.
The confiscation monies must be paid from legitimate funds. It is understood that Zaman may be forced to sell his home - Abbey Court in Abbey Road - to comply with the order before January.
In August last year Zaman, a former manager of the Barley on High Street, was jailed for a total of 15 years - six years for conspiring with Harvinder Singh Mattu to import cocaine and a further nine years for conspiring with two serving prisoners - Dean Gordon and Kemal Erdogan - to import up to 10 kilos of heroin.
Zaman had also admitted assisting an offender by harbouring Ehyaz Mahboob to prevent his arrest.
Meanwhile, in May this year, Zaman was granted leave to appeal against the length of his prison sentence by a judge at the High Court in London.
Yesterday his solicitor Mr John McMillan, of Wright McMillan Bennett, said the appeal had been lodged with the High Court and a full hearing was likely to be heard later this year.
