Drug dealer 'living the high life' jailed with Range Rover and Audi RS4 seized

A drug dealer who police said 'lived the high life' has been jailed after almost a quarter of a million pounds in cash was found in his swanky city centre pad.

Detectives seized a Range Rover valued at approximately £70,000 and an Audi RS4 worth £77,000 as part of the investigation into Angus McBeath, 32.

GMP said the high-powered Audi had been paid for in cash. Both vehicles - and the cash - were seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act after his arrest, the force added.

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Bags of cannabis were also found in McBeath's apartment in Deansgate Square South Tower on Owen Street in Manchester city centre.

McBeath was subsequently charged on March 9 last year with possession with intent to supply class B drugs - cannabis - and possession of criminal property. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by a judge at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square, on Wednesday to three years and nine months in prison. Police said a co-defendant received a suspended sentence.

Police stormed McBeath's high-rise pad on March 8 last year. A GMP spokesman said: "The search found cash of £237,035, which was subsequently seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002.

"Cannabis was also found during the search, as was a top-of-the-range Range Rover. In the Range Rover was a parking ticket for the nearby Hacienda Apartments, which led police to another apartment.

"A search warrant was obtained and within this apartment, police found over 10kgs of cannabis stored in multiple cardboard boxes, as well as an Audi RS4 which had been paid for in cash, valued at £77,000. Also found were two machines used for sealing packaging and thousands