In a successful operation, County Lines Taskforce apprehended three individuals involved in distributing crack cocaine and heroin through an illicit Class A supply route connecting Birmingham to Warwickshire.
Acting on valuable intelligence, law enforcement authorities moved swiftly to dismantle the drug trafficking network.
Search warrants were executed at multiple locations in Birmingham in January 2021, leading to the confiscation of over 5 kilograms of illicit substances.
During meticulous investigative procedures, it was determined that Mohammed Akub and Sajid Mahmood played pivotal roles in overseeing the operations of the drug distribution network, with their involvement at the core of the criminal enterprise.
The individuals, Mohammed Akub and Sajid Mahmood, held key positions in overseeing a phone communication system that orchestrated drug transactions between customers traveling from Warwickshire to Birmingham for drug pick-ups.
Additionally, Yousef Mahmood and Nomaan Shahid were identified as couriers who were tasked with collecting payments on behalf of the illicit operation.
They were convicted for their role in the drugs network between April 2000 and January 2021 and sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday 9 February.
- Sajid Mahmood, aged 51 from Small Heath, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
- Mohammed Akub, aged 29 from Small Heath, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
- Nomaan Shahid, aged 29 from Small Heath, was jailed for six years and four months for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
- Yousef Mahmood, aged 30 from Bordesley Green, received a 20 month suspended sentence for being concerned in the supply of class A.
- A 28-year-old man from Solihull was given 12 month community order for allowing his premises to be used for class A supply.
