Anthony Casey was arrested in March 2018 by RGP Drug Squad officers, and on the 3^rd July 2018, pleaded guilty to:

• Possession and Possession with intent supply 154.23 grams of cocaine
• Possession and possession with intent to supply 1.27 grams of Amphetamine
• Possession and possession with intent to supply 458.97 grams of Cannabis Resin 
• Possession of 1.8 grams of Herbal Cannabis
• Possession of a firearm 
• Possession of ammunition

The drugs had a street value of approximately £11,600. A total of approximately £16,000 in cash in three different currencies was seized as part of the investigation. A parallel financial investigation conducted by officers of the RGP Money Laundering Investigation Unit (MLIU) found that CASEY had benefitted over £117,000 from his drugs trafficking. 

Today, the Honourable Mr Justice Yeats, Puisne Judge, passed an order valuing the defendant’s proceeds of criminal conduct at £117,701.64 and confiscating the defendant’s realisable assets, being the cash found as part of the investigation namely, £12,340, $2,155.81 and €3016.95.

The MLIU will continue to carry out its role as part of HM Government of Gibraltar’s wider strategy on Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering of Terrorist Financing. As such it will pursue those persons benefitting from criminal conduct of any kind with the view of confiscating their ill-gotten gains.

The assets confiscated are transferred to HM Government of Gibraltar and are not retained by the Royal Gibraltar Police.