National Crime Agency names South Yorkshire drug smugglers subject to severe restrictions to prevent repeat offending

Two South Yorkshire criminals appear on a National Crime Agency list of crooks subject to the most serious restrictions in a bid to curb their offending.
By Claire Lewis
Published 24th Feb 2021, 10:50 GMT
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The National Crime Agency has updated its list of restrictions in place to support the management of some of the country’s most serious offenders.

Orders imposed on individuals upon their release from prison include Serious Crime Prevention Orders, Financial Reporting Orders and Travel Restriction Orders.

Offenders who breach the orders can be sent back to prison.

L-R: Shawyat Hussain Iqbal and Tahir IsmailL-R: Shawyat Hussain Iqbal and Tahir Ismail
L-R: Shawyat Hussain Iqbal and Tahir Ismail
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Examples of restrictions include limits on the number of mobile phones or computers that offenders can access, caps on the amount of cash they can carry, and requirements to surrender passports and provide financial information at regular intervals.

The list is published on the NCA’s website so the public, businesses and law enforcement partners can check on an individual’s status and report any suspected breaches.

Alison Abbott, Head of Lifetime Management at the NCA said: “Many career criminals regard prison as an interruption which rarely marks the end of their involvement in organised crime. This is why the NCA has a policy of lifetime management.

“Through the NCA’s lifetime management programme we use Serious Crime Prevention Orders, Travel Restriction Orders and Financial Reporting Orders, as an extra layer of prevention.

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“They ensure we firmly have these individuals on our radar, especially after prison, and anything that suggests that they’re slipping into old ways can be detected early on.”

Two South Yorkshire criminals listed include Rotherham men Shawyat Iqbal, aged 51 and formerly of Viewlands Close, Bramley and Tahir Ismail, 43 and formerly of Doncaster Road, Thrybergh, who were involved in smuggling 100 kilos of Ecstasy into the country from Holland in 2011.

They were each jailed for 22 years in 2013.

Guy Paget is also on the list over his involvement in the importation and distribution of drugs, including a £2.2 million stash of heroin and cocaine found when a car was pulled over in Doncaster in 2016.

Paget, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply drugs and was jailed for 14 years.