Article: Club boss is jailed for 9 years ; The owner of the Dance Academy has been jailed for nine years and the DJ and general manager for five after being found guilty of allowing the 'rampant' sale of ecstasy in the club.

The owner of the Dance Academy has been jailed for nine years and the DJ and general manager for five after being found guilty of allowing the 'rampant' sale of ecstasy in the club.

Owner Manoucehr Bahmanzadeh and DJ/general manager Thomas Costelloe were each found guilty earlier this month of permitting the use of the premises for the supply of Class A drugs - namely MDMA, the chemical name for ecstasy - between December 1, 2005, and May 8, 2006.

At Plymouth Crown Court, Bahmanzadeh was sentenced to nine years - of which he must serve at least half - and Costelloe received a five- year jail term. In addition, he was sentenced to one month each on two charges of possession of cannabis and ...

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