A man who posed as a vet and dosed dogs with illegal drugs has been told he could face two years in jail.
Leonard French, 69, is said to have made more than £170,000 from dog owners, companies and hunts.
French, of Tattershall Bridge, Lincs, admitted 20 charges involving importing and selling drugs not registered for use in the UK.
He will go before Lincoln Crown Court after Grantham magistrates said their sentencing powers were insufficient.
Asset threat
The court heard French's £400,000 home, where he kept up to 120 lurcher dogs, was raided by police and officers from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in October 2004.
Documents found at the house showed he was importing drugs from companies in Russia, France and the US for sale to British customers.
An undercover investigation by a BBC reporter more than a year after the first raid showed French still offering drugs for sale.
He even pretended to be a vet and was caught on camera illegally vaccinating a dog with his own medicine.
French also faces an application to strip £170,000 of his assets and also more than £50,000 in costs.
from the BBC
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