The mum of a playboy drugs boss who was "embroiled in criminality" has been jailed following an airport arrest.

Fatemah Sheibani, 75, was arrested at Manchester Airport upon her arrival from Turkey, after she had fled the UK for Iran in 2019.

Her son Aram Sheibani, 41, was jailed for 37 years in June 2021, after being found guilty of a series of charges, including obtaining a money transfer by deception, possession of criminal property, converting criminal property, fraud, forgery, conspiracy to supply controlled drugs and possession of a controlled drug of class A, together with perverting the course of justice.

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He had amassed a £5million property empire, stayed in luxury accommodation, travelled around the world and drove top of the range cars such as a Bentley and a Porsche, the Manchester Evening News report.

Following his arrest, Fatemah returned to the UK and was arrested in February this year, before pleading guilty to mortgage fraud and money laundering, and being sentenced to 10 months behind bars on Friday (July 22).

GMP Trafford South said: "Fatemah is the mother of Trafford drug dealer Aram Sheibani, who was jailed for 37 years in June 2021, after it was found he funded his luxury lifestyle with fraud, money laundering and drugs.

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"Fatemah had initially fled the country to Iran on 1 August 2019 and shortly after a European Arrest Warrant was issued. She returned to the UK however when her son was sentenced.

"On 23 February 2022, officers from Greater Manchester Police Money Laundering Team attended Manchester Airport where Fatemah was arrested after disembarking a flight from Turkey. Fatemah was immediately remanded in custody and has been in Styal Prison, until today when she appeared in court.

"Following the investigation, it came to light that Fatemah was embroiled in her son's criminality – dishonestly obtaining money and transferring property worth £150,000 in the knowledge that it was the proceeds of criminal conduct."

Det Sgt Lucy Pearson who led the investigation said: "These people have been brought to justice thanks to the hard work of the Money Laundering Team, the wider Economic Crime Unit and Cyber Crime Team of the GMP serious crime division.

"Fatehmah Sheibani and Aram Sheibani made the despicable decision to use fraud and deceit to fund their own lifestyles and I’m pleased that the sentence today has ensured they are now both facing punishment for their crimes.

"Fighting fraud is a relentless task but GMP are committed to securing justice for victims and will always seek to strip criminals of their ill-gotten gains."

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