This is the moment a holiday-loving drug dealer was caught by police at the airport after he had boasted in pictures about sunning himself on a privately chartered boat in Turkey.
Shazad Miah, 30, used the money from his ill-gotten gains to pay for four lavish holidays to Paris, Menorca, Amsterdam, and Turkey in four months.
He sent snaps to one of his lackeys to brag about being on a privately chartered boat, but 24 hours later he was snared by officers who were waiting for him as his plane touched down at Luton Airport.
Police bodycam footage shows the moment Miah, wearing a black baseball cap and white earbuds, scrunches up his face as he was arrested on June 4 last year.
Miah, of Ashingdon Road, Rochford, had a drug line phone with him at the time and had been involved in supplying crack cocaine and heroin in Southend.
When cops raided his home the same day they found more than £3,000 in cash in a safe, as well as a passport belonging to one of his suspected drug runners.
This is the moment holiday-loving drug dealer Shazad Miah, 30, was caught by officers at Luton Airport
He sent snaps to one of his lackeys to brag about being on a privately chartered boat in Turkey, but the next day he was arrested by officers
Essex Police said Miah was found guilty, after a trial at Basildon Crown Court, of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possessing criminal property.
The force said he was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Police said the 'Frankie' drug line used 10 different mobile numbers to send out messages advertising the sale of Class A drugs.
Miah held the drug line phones across a period between February and June 2023, with up to five runners working under him on any given day.
During his time running the drug line, and without any other plausible source of income, Miah splashed out on four expensive holidays, the force said.
They were paid for from a business bank account and personal accounts, set up under a fake car hire business.
Using these accounts, he took in more than £30,000 in criminal profit, police said.
The day before his arrest, Miah was on a privately chartered boat in Turkey.
Unbeknown to him, detectives had long been building a case against him.
Officers had caught him on CCTV at a shop, a five-minute drive from his home, buying a sim card for one of the drug line phones.
He had previously been convicted for drug dealing matters in 2013 and again in 2020, when he was jailed for 36 months.
Police believe an estimated 2.295kg of Class A drugs were supplied during Miah's running of the 'Frankie' line, valued at around £191,000.
Essex Police said Miah was found guilty, after a trial at Basildon Crown Court, of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possessing criminal property. He was jailed for nine years
Police believe an estimated 2.295kg of Class A drugs were supplied during Miah's running of the 'Frankie' line (Pictured: Drugs belonging to the drug dealer)
When cops raided his home they found more than £3,000 in cash in a safe, as well as a passport belonging to one of his suspected drug runners
Detective Sergeant Rob Maile, of Essex Police, said: 'Miah filtered in excess of £30,000 through various bank accounts, money we know was a result of Class A drug dealing.
'He was distanced from the harsh reality of crack cocaine and heroin use, which brings associated anti-social behaviour impacting our communities and a disastrous impact on the lives of those addicted to these substances.
'Instead, he used the profits of this drug line to fund holidays to Paris, Menorca, Amsterdam and Turkey - all within a four-month period.
'Unlike those impacted, devastatingly, by the trade of the drugs he sold, he lived beyond his means – directing the runners on the streets in Southend. Others took the risk, for little of the reward.
'Miah had runners deposit cash into his bank accounts whilst he was on holiday, which he then used for further expensive purchases.
'We traced his links to the drug line phones, we traced his financial activity and we traced his movements to build a solid case against him.
'He knew he faced serious prison time for this activity, having previously been convicted for similar drug dealing in the past.
'Our work against Miah won't stop with his imprisonment, we will be looking at ways of preventing and discouraging any further offending.
Officers are pursuing a Serious Crime Prevention Order against Miah, and are seeking to claw back his criminal gains under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
