Amrit Pal enlisted social media influencers to sell products with bogus health claims, police say.
A man who ran an operation selling cannabis-based products across the UK for 12 years has been jailed.
Products were claimed to cure hair loss and skin conditions, and social media influencers were used to promote them.Leicestershire Police seized packages containing cannabis and THC-based products in Northamptonshire in March 2020.At two units in Leicester, officers recovered drugs with an estimated street value in excess of £172,000.Image caption,
Ppolice estimated he had an income in excess of £800,000 over 12 years, which he spent on high-end hotels, lavish holidays and designer clothing. Another man, Manjeet Behal was linked to Pal during the investigation and police found a number of cannabis plants and cultivating equipment at his home in Uppingham Road, Leicester.
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