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Importer of chemsex party drug GBL jailed after stashing illegal substance in storage units

Source: MPS

A businessman who stashed large quantities of drugs in rented storage containers off the North Circular as he supplied party drugs to London’s chemsex scene has been jailed for 11 years.

Afshin Alikhani, 43, imported hundreds of litres of GBL into the UK from a Dutch supplier, and used lockers at Big Yellow Self Storage and Safestore at Staples Corner off the A406 near Brent Cross shopping centre to store the bottles.

When put on trial over £500,000 of drugs seized by police, Alikhani - a director of AP Import Export Limited - admitted importing

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