A BRADFORD man serving 11 years in jail for his involvement in one of West Yorkshire's biggest ever drugs plots was now down to his last tenner, a judge has been told.

Although Sheeraz Khan was found to have benefited to the tune of £1.8 million from his involvement in the heroin and cocaine conspiracy, he was now virtually penniless, Bradford Crown Court heard.

Khan, 33, of Garibaldi Street, Thornbury, Bradford, was imprisoned in March after a huge haul of class A drugs was discovered in an industrial unit at Lessarna Court, Bowling Back Lane, West Bowling, Bradford.

Yesterday, a confiscation hearing was held under the Proceeds of Crime Act involving Khan and co-accused Tahir Ali, 28, of Thornton Lane, Little Horton, who was also jailed for 11 years.

Ali's case was adjourned until next year so further enquiries could be made.

Judge Peter Benson, who jailed the conspirators, made a confiscation hearing in Khan's case, ruling that his benefit from criminality was £1.817 million and his available assets were £10.

Khan was given six months to pay up or face an extra seven days imprisonment on top of the sentence he is currently serving.

The drugs stash was discovered after the alarm was raised by two police officers on routine burglary patrol.

An experienced police officer described it as one of the largest drugs operations he had seen.

Judge Benson said at the time the men pleaded guilty: "This was an extremely sophisticated operation, operating for some time and capable of producing vast profits, as well as flooding the streets of Bradford with heroin and crack cocaine."

A dealer list, with Ali's thumb print on it, showed trading in substantial quantities of drugs, in excess of £420,000 in one month alone.

Prosecutor David Dixon said the conspiracy lasted at least eight months.

When police swooped on the industrial unit at Lessarna Court, voices were heard but those inside escaped through a hole in the roof.

Among the drugs seized was 30 kilograms of heroin.

The court heard the rented unit was a production plant for crack cocaine and a warehouse for the distribution of large quantities of heroin.

Mr Dixon said: "This was a commercial and carefully run drugs factory guaranteeing substantial financial rewards."

Khan's barrister said at the sentencing hearing that he had derived no share of the money.