On Friday 4^th February 2005 Owen Patrick DELARGY , age 39 of  Brinklow Road, Coventry  was arrested with 4 other men on the car park of the Elme Hall Hotel, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire by officers of HM Revenue and Customs. A Renault Kango van whose keys were recovered from Delargy’s possession was found to contain a quantity large of cannabis resin, later found to be 402 kilograms, with a street value of 1.4 million pounds. Delargy was taken to Kings Lynn Police Station where the investigation was handed over to the Norfolk Constabulary.

In April 2006, a 3 week trial was held at Norwich Crown Court and Delargy was found ‘guilty’ by the jury along with 3 other men for an offence of conspiracy to supply cannabis. A fifth man was found guilty of possessing cannabis with intent to supply.

Judge Simon Barham said Delargy’s part was as the buyer of the cannabis. Delargy himself had claimed during the trial that he was collecting what he thought was rubbish and that one of the other defendants, Christopher Bodinnar, also from Coventry, was his driver. Delargy was given a 7 year prison sentence of the offence.

The Midland Regional Asset Recovery Team then conducted a Confiscation investigation. On 1^st August 2007 at Norwich Crown Court, after a 3 day hearing, HH Judge Barham ruled that Delargy had a criminal lifestyle and had benefited from his criminal activity to the value of £1,745,473,00. He was ordered to pay £741,287.02 within 5 months, with a default sentence of 5 years, to be served consecutively to his current sentence if he failed to pay.