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South Wales Argus
30-07-2025
- South Wales Argus
Newport linked drug dealer who made £120k to repay just £1
Shaquille Germaine was linked to a Newport-based organised crime operation run from the city's Box Hotel and Box Guesthouse. He was jailed for seven years and six months in April after he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of ecstasy. Cardiff Crown Court heard how his offending took place between November 1, 2022 and September 13, 2023. The 27-year-old, of Pepys Crescent, Llanrumney, Cardiff was back in court for a proceeds of crime hearing. William Bebb, prosecuting, revealed how Shaquille Germaine profited by £119,965.53 selling the class A drug. The defendant has no assets which can be seized and was ordered by Judge Shomon Khan to hand over a nominal sum of £1. He must do so within two months or face an additional seven days in prison. When Shaquille Germaine was sentenced, the court heard that Mohammed Hassan, 46, was the manager of the Box Hotel on Corporation Road. Ffion Tomos, prosecuting, said that heroin, cocaine and ecstasy would be stored there and it was where meetings would take place Some drugs were also stored at the Box Guesthouse on Stow Hill. Among the customers picking up ecstasy to sell on was Jamie Germaine, 52, and his sons Shaquille Germaine and Tyrell Germaine, 29. They had a 'family business' supplying thousands of tablets. The whole operation was being overseen from afar by a drugs kingpin living "the high life" in Cambodia. Judge Daniel Williams told Hassan: 'In certain respects, this group was disorganised. Your life, Mr Hassan was, you may agree, chaotic. 'You are breathtakingly dishonest and during your evidence at trial it was, on occasion, laughable. 'But you played a leading role in supplying vast amounts of three types of drug capable of devastating lives, devastating livelihoods and ruining families. 'Your self-serving patter looks less funny when you consider that.' Hassan was jailed for 14 years after he was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. The Germaine trio, all of Pepys Crescent, Llanrumney, Cardiff all pleaded guilty. Jamie Germaine admitted conspiracy to supply ecstasy while Shaquille Germaine and Tyrell Germaine accepted being concerned in the supply of the class A drug. The trio were jailed in 2019 over a conspiracy to supply nearly £4 million of cannabis. Judge Williams jailed Jamie Germaine for seven years and four months and Tyrell Germaine for four years and two months. Six other defendants were locked up for a joint total of 52 years last December.
Wales Online
10-07-2025
- Wales Online
Man found with thousands of 'Donkey Kong' tablets made more than £140k but must pay back £1
Man found with thousands of 'Donkey Kong' tablets made more than £140k but must pay back £1 Tyrell Germaine, 29, made nine trips to the Box Hotel in Newport along with his father Jamie Germaine, 52, and his brother Shaquille Germaine, 27 Tyrell Germaine, 29, was found in possession of thousands of MDMA tablets (Image: Gwent Police ) A man who made multiple trips to a hotel where an organised crime gang was based has been ordered to pay back just £1 despite benefiting by more than £140,000. Class A drugs worth £135,000 including thousands of MDMA tablets were later seized from the hotel. Tyrell Germaine, 29, made nine trips to the Box Hotel in Newport along with his father Jamie Germaine, 52, and his brother Shaquille Germaine, 27. Hotel manager Ihtesham Ali Hassan, 46, facilitated the conspiracy which saw heroin, cocaine and MDMA stored at the hotel and its sister hotel, the Box Guest House. Drug couriers based at the hotel would travel throughout the UK delivering and collecting huge quantities of drugs and cash. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter. Messages later found on Shaquille Germaine's phone showed he had been involved in selling huge amounts of MDMA tablets, with photos and videos showing thousands of tablets branded with Donkey Kong. On June 15, 2023 all three of the Germaines travelled to the Box Hotel but upon returning to Cardiff they were stopped by police in their car on the A48 in Marshfield. Tyrell Germaine told the officers there was a bag of class A drugs in the back. Article continues below A search of the vehicle revealed a Lidl bag containing five packages containing 4,553 MDMA tablets. The drugs were worth between £13,599 and £45,330. Hassan, of Cefn Coed Road, Roath, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and MDMA. Jamie Germaine, of HMP Parc, Shaquille Germaine and Tyrell Germaine, both of Pepys Crescent, Llanrumney, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply MDMA. Shaquille Germaine also pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of MDMA. Hassan was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment. Jamie Germaine was sentenced to seven years and four months imprisonment. Shaquille Germaine was sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment. Tyrell Germaine was sentenced to four years and two months imprisonment. At a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard Tyrell Germaine benefited to the tune of £140,993 as a result of his offending but has no available assets. Judge Jeremy Jenkins ordered the defendant to pay a nominal sum of £1. Article continues below
