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<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">Manchester man Shiraz Amjad Sharif, 45, and his wife Salina, 46, lived a “lavish lifestyle” thanks to their drug empire</span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">The recently convicted drug dealers used profits from their empire to put their three children through $123,800 private school</span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">Police raided the Sharif&#8217;s home and discovered nearly $38,000 worth of pure crystallized MDMA </span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">The Manchester Crown Court convicted the couple of money laundering, Thursday, but only Salina Sharif could be jailed </span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">Her husband and co-defendant Shiraz Sharif had fled to Pakistan leaving her to stand trial alone </span></h6>
<h6 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#210202;">Salina was sentenced to two and a half years in prison</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#210202;">Shiraz, convicted in absentia, of possession with intent to supply Schedule I drugs, was sentenced to four-and-half years in prison</span></h6>
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<strong>A police raid of the couple&#8217;s Manchester home yielded $38,000 worth of crystallized MDMA</strong> and other drug <strong>paraphernalia </strong></h6>
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<p class="article__content article__content--intro">A COUPLE who ran a drug empire and banked nearly a million dollars spent their money on luxury holidays and spent $123,800 a year on private education for each of their three children, yet told the authorities they were unemployed.<br />
Shiraz Amjad Sharif, and wife Salina, lived a “lavish lifestyle” thanks to their thriving narcotics empire.<br />
Shiraz Amjad Sharif, 45, and his 46-year-old wife, wife Salina Sharif of Manchester, UK were found guilty of money laundering at the Crown Court on Thursday.<br />
However only Salina, who was abandoned to face the music, could be jailed after her husband fled to Pakistan in May 2016, leaving her to stand trial alone.</p>
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<h6 class="article__content article__content--intro"><img class="alignnone wp-image-130034" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shiraz-amjad-sharif1.jpg" alt="shiraz-amjad-sharif1" width="729" height="848" /><strong>Fugitive:</strong> <strong>Shiraz Amjad Sharif was also sentenced to serve 4-and-half years in absentia. Only his wife was jailed after he fled to Pakistan last May</strong></h6>
<p class="article__content article__content--intro">Greater Manchester Police raided the Sharif’s home in Levenshulme in Manchester and discovered $37,800 worth of pure crystallized MDMA and a large amount of drug paraphernalia.<br />
A police investigation revealed the couple claimed to be unemployed. Salina even accepted a $1,200 student loan by claiming she was a student and tax credits for their three children.<br />
Despite claiming to have no job, the Sharif’s extravagant purchases included a $74,000 Range Rover, designer goods from Armani, Kurt Geiger and Gucci worth more than $38,000.<br />
The family also enjoyed a $52,000 trip to Florida, at the same time the couple also managed to spend almost $123,800 putting their children through private school.</p>
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<strong>Left holding the bag: Salina Sharif has been jailed 2-and-half years for &#8216;possession with intent to distribute&#8217;. She used the proceeds of a drug empire to bank-roll her family’s “lavish lifestyle”</strong></h6>
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<p>Before he fled to Islamabad in May 2016, Shiraz was driving around in a top of the range Audi A6 and also spent thousands on designer goods and luxuries as well as sending money to family in Pakistan.<br />
Salina Sharif was handed a two-and-half year prison sentence. Her fugitive husband, Shiraz, who was also convicted of possession with intent to supply Schedule I drugs, was sentenced in absentia to four-and-half years, in jail.</p>
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<strong>The couple drove premium autos including a top of the line Range Rover and Audi A6, both worth around $130,000, while claiming to be unemployed</strong></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-130031" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/police-found-drug-paraphernalia-pictured-at-the-sharif_s-home.jpg" alt="police-found-drug-paraphernalia-pictured-at-the-sharifs-home" width="612" height="326" /><br />
<strong>Cops also found drug paraphernalia [photo] during the raid of the Sharif’s home</strong></h6>
<p>Commenting on the case Lead inveastigator, Detective Constable Dave Berry said: “Having lead on this investigation since 2014 and seen first-hand the lifestyle the Sharif’s lived, I can honestly say it is staggering that they would have the audacity to live so lavishly yet think they wouldn’t get caught.<br />
“They brazenly flaunted their riches despite claiming to be unemployed yet dropped their children off at an expensive private school in a $74,000 Range Rover.<br />
“I hope this will read as a cautionary tale to anyone who thinks they can revel in their ill-gotten gains and get away with it.<br />
“It may seem like a great idea when you’re flying to destinations like Florida or the Egyptian Red Sea but that feeling will soon turn to regret when you’re sat in a prison cell.”</p>
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British couple used profits from their drug empire to live lavishly, put their three children through $124,000 private school – while claiming unemployement
