LEAD investigator Det Insp Dave Huggett, above, said the

sentence was a warning to all club owners and managers to take

action against drugs.

He said: “Owners and managers of premises need to understand

that they hold a responsibility for what occurs within their

premises, and that's a serious responsibility.

“They [Bahmanzadeh and Costelloe] did not take reasonable,

effective steps to tackle the problem. The measures available

are simple things they could've done.

Nothing changed within the club from the beginning of the

investigation to the end.

“These are certainly good sentences. The judge has made it

clear he had nothing to base it on, so he's looked at the

profitability and put it in line with other drug-dealing of

class A drugs.”