Twice-deported Albanian offender Dorian Puka has sparked fresh controversy after resurfacing in Britain and using social media to showcase an extravagant lifestyle.
The 29-year-old has posted Instagram videos appearing to show dogs being offered bundles of £20 notes, in what has been viewed as a provocative gesture while the Home Office pursues a third attempt to remove him from the UK.
Puka, who has twice been imprisoned and deported over burglary offences, is understood to have re-entered the country and has spent the past 18 months sharing images and clips of luxury cars, cash and high-end living online.
In one clip, the Albanian national is seen handing a bundle of £20 notes to his pitbull, named Cobra, while his pug, Mouse, is shown with a stack of £50 notes.
Other footage shared to his accounts shows him travelling in expensive vehicles, including Ferraris and a £180,000 Lamborghini Urus V8, with some clips appearing to feature a young big cat in a harness moving around the leather interior.
His online posts also include displays of designer clothing, Rolex watches and costly meals at restaurants with friends.
Puka was first sent to prison a decade ago after an attempted burglary at a home in Twickenham.
He served nine months behind bars before being deported in 2017, but returned to the UK within a year and went on to commit a series of break-ins.
A video shared by the criminal to social media showed him offering wads of notes to his dogs, Mouse and Cobra
Puka filmed himself while sat on an armchair handing £20 and £50 notes wrapped together to his pets
The Albanian regularly shares videos on social media boasting his lavish lifestyle – while the UK Government is trying to deport him for a third time
It is unclear how he re-entered the country. He was eventually caught, wearing an expensive stolen watch, by a plain clothes officer in Surbiton, south-west London.
This time, he was jailed for three-and-a-half years. But his offending did not stop once behind bars.
He gained notoriety by posting photos on a smuggled phone with prisoners associated with organised crime groups. In one selfie, he posed with a fellow convict and wrote: ‘From H.M.P. we jump in V.I.P.!!!!’.
Puka was then deported in March 2020, but was back by the following January. Social media posts showed he had travelled via Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
At the time the information was passed to the Home Office, but despite warning that he ‘should be prepared to face prosecution and removal’ he continued to live in the UK unimpeded.
Currently, Puka faces deportation for the third time after the Government won a lower-tier immigration tribunal hearing to remove him from the UK following the rejection of his asylum claim. He has appealed against the ruling, the Telegraph reported.
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The criminal’s record and prison sentences make him eligible for automatic deportation from the UK.
But a loophole has meant he has remained in the country for more than three years because the Home Office has been unable to deport him while his asylum claim and legal challenges are ongoing.
Puka posts his lavish meals out on social media, despite being deported twice and jailed twice in the UK for burglaries
His offending didn’t stop when he was behind bars either, as he gained a reputation by posting photos on a smuggled phone with prisoners associated with organised crime groups (pictured left: Dorian Puka)
A spokesman for the Home Office said: ‘This individual is a known foreign national offender, and we are doing everything in our power to ensure they are removed as soon as possible. While there are ongoing legal proceedings, we cannot comment further.
‘Nearly 10,000 foreign national offenders have been returned under this Government. We will continue to do everything we can to remove these criminals from our streets.’
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is currently changing the law so that it is more difficult for foreign criminals and illegal migrants to use human rights law to avoid deportation.
The appeals system is also being streamlined, and fast-track routes are being created to remove foreign offenders more quickly.
Two years ago, the Daily Mail tracked Puka down to the Carbis Bay Hotel near St Ives in Cornwall – a luxury seaside hotel which previously hosted world leaders including Boris Johnson and Joe Biden at the 2021 G7 summit.
The Mail questioned him while he sipped coffee with a female companion in The Orangery restaurant.
He told our reporter he had come for a birthday trip and the Home Office knew he was there. He then changed his story, saying he was only there to use the swimming pool.
He said: ‘So what? They [The Home Office] know everything so why do you need to know? I have a tag on my leg, what is the problem?
‘I have problems in my home country. I have a tag on my leg, they know everything so why are you disturbing me. I don’t know what you want from me, you are disturbing me.’
Asked how he felt his victims might react to him staying at the hotel, he replied: ‘It doesn’t matter what people think.’ Puka then tried to claim that questioning him was racist and demanded the police be called.
The stay is likely to have cost Puka at least £5,000 – a princely sum for a man whose two deportations prevent him from working legally in the UK.
Despite this, he appears able to pay for a flurry of high-end creature comforts, including fast cars, golfing holidays, and shisha bars – all documented on his Instagram for other would-be thieves to see.
Since returning to Britain, he has shown off a fleet of luxury cars that includes a £75,000 Porsche Cayenne, a £130,000 Mercedes G-Wagon, £155,000 Bentley Bentayga, a £55,000 BMW X5, a £46,000 Mercedes AMG, and a £35,000 Jaguar XF.
Other social media posts showed him enjoying evenings at local shisha bars, treating relatives to high-end meals, and unboxing a brand-new Patek Philippe watch.
