Overview

• Olsi Beheluli was convicted in April 2015 of conspiring to supply eight kilograms of high-purity heroin and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
• He secured British citizenship in April 2014 after his family’s discretionary leave to remain, granted in 2006, became indefinite.
• A lower-tier immigration tribunal ruled there was insufficient surveillance or witness evidence to prove his senior role and allowed him to stay.
• The Home Office and National Crime Agency successfully appealed, prompting the upper tribunal to order a re-hearing and endorse a common-sense argument about his involvement.
• The case coincides with government proposals to raise the Article 3 and Article 8 thresholds under the European Convention on Human Rights for deporting foreign criminals.