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The gangster 'bossman' who couldn't stop bragging about his crimes - and brought about his own downfall
14.08.2023 - 16:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A self-dubbed gangster 'bossman' of a multi-million pound drug dealing business brought on his own downfall after bragging about his luxury lifestyle paid for by ill-gotten cash.
In 2021, police pulled over Waqar Hussain whilst driving a VW Golf which had an unpaid fine, and found £14,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine.
He was also found with a number of false registration plates, scissors which had been adapted into a weapon and his car was registered under a false name.
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Three months later his home in Rochdale was searched, in which officers found a loaded gun and drugs valued up to £10,000 stashed in a tailpipe. They also found baseball bats and in his bedroom were designer goods including five Rolex watches as well as £18,000 in criminal cash, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Two phones were seized and later analysed, revealing hundreds messages, selfies and social media posts relating to drug dealing and boasting of his luxury lifestyle, along with a debtors list. In one picture, a wad of cash can be seen in the background, and in the foreground, a Nokia phone reads 'Boss Waqar'.
And in another social media post, namely Snapchat, bags of large amounts of cash are pictured, along with the caption: "Pay day".
However, it was a further discovery which revealed the true scale of the business he was involved in.
“Officers found a key to a storage unit. Upon searching the unit they found a drug dealing den, including drug paraphernalia and packaging for a large number of class A drugs, including cocaine and diamorphine (heroin),” Recorder Ciaran Rankin said.
Hussain’s phone number was the contact for that unit, he added.
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