Drugs operation netted £100k a month

Twelve people have been jailed for their involvement in a drug supply operation worth up to £100,000 a month.

They were arrested following a six-month surveillance operation that resulted in a series of raids in May 2023, West Midlands Police said.

At the height of their activity, in Solihull and Birmingham, the gang took more than 1,000 calls a day and supplied heroin and crack cocaine to more than 200 users.

The force said the investigation was the largest carried out by its County Lines Task Force, which was set up two years ago.

They found the drug dealers were operating four separate lines of business, codenamed Rico, Diego, Figo and Potter.

The 12 convicted were working in small groups to operate each of those lines, Birmingham Crown Court was told.

All of them pleaded guilty at hearings earlier this year to charges of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and were sentenced on Wednesday.

Det Sgt Craig Tennant said it was unusual for the gang to operate four lines, a coalition designed to maximise revenue.

He said it had been a complex police investigation that has taken "a large number of drugs off the streets and put this group who caused misery in our communities behind bars for a very long time".

Aadam Iqbal, 28, of Ward End Park Road - sentenced to 12 years

Anees Mahmood, 24, of Parkfield Road, Alum Rock - jailed for 12 years

Mohammed Yasine Sadiq, 27, of Fernbank Road, Birmingham - sentenced to 11 years

Ilyas Sadiq, 28, of Fernbank Road, Birmingham - jailed for 10 years and 10 months

Levy Mukwita, 25, of Wallbank Court, Birmingham - sentenced to 10 years and six months

Mohammed Usman, 26, of Hodge Hill Road, Birmingham- jailed for 10 years and six months

Amani Adams, 21, of Drews Lane, Birmingham - sentenced to eight years

Haroon Iqbal, 34, of Drylea Grove, Birmigham - jailed for six years and four months

Adam Slater, 21, of Tyburn Road, Birmingham - sentenced to six years

Humair Ul Rehman, 27, of Rymond Road, Birmingham - sentenced to six years

Tiahna Phillips, 23, of Draycott Avenue, Birmingham - jailed for five years

Mark Seeley, 36, of Nineacres Drive, Solihull - sentenced to four years and eight months.

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