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A drug smuggling gang that used pallets of raw chicken to transport millions of pounds worth of cocaine across the country has been jailed. The ten-strong group will spend a combined total of more than 80 years in prison after West Midlands Police investigators dismantled the supply chain. The group used a fleet of vans with hidden compartments to ferry millions of pounds worth of cocaine and illegal cash around the country. The gang, which contained members from across Birmingham and the West Midlands, are thought to have[b] made over £10 million[/b] through their 'sophisticated' smuggling operation. Following an investigation by the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), 400kg of the high-purity drug was seized from the group, as well as £1.6m in cash. The illegal cash was found hidden in vehicle tires and industrial machinery inside vans disguised as service vehicles. Police also recovered 225kg of cocaine destined for export to Australia which had been stored at a warehouse in Sutton Coldfield. The gang communicated with each other using the Encrochat platform, an encrypted messaging app which was shut down as part of a huge UK-wide operation.

Within a 10-day period in July 2020 the 10 men, who lived in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall, South Staffordshire and London, were arrested. Maninder Dosanjh and Amandeep Rishi were arrested when police seized over 150kg of cocaine, hidden in frozen chicken produce in Birmingham whilst the pair were driving back from the docks in Essex. Maninder Dosanjh, 39, of Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, received the longest sentence of the gang with 16 years and 8 months behind bars for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, money laundering, and conspiracy to evade the exportation of Class A drugs. Amandeep Rishi, 42, from Birmingham, was sentenced to 11 years and 2 months. Mohammed Usman, 29, from Oldbury, was arrested when police intercepted a vehicle that had been driven down to London that contained nearly £500,000 in cash stashed in the tyres. Usman was jailed for nine years and eight months. The wheels were passed to Sayed Hasheman, 38, from London who was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months for his part in the plot. Additionally, Peter Masih, 44, from Halesowen, and Mandeep Singh, 42, from Wolverhampton, were sentenced to 8 years and 7 years 2 months respectively for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and money laundering. Mithab Hussain, 31, from Sandwell, also received 7 years and 2 months for his role.

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Rizwan Ali, 34, from Sandwell, and Kamran Hussain, 34, from Birmingham, were each sentenced to over 9 years. For money laundering alone, Ashtiaq Ahmed, 45, from Walsall, was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months.

All members of the gang pleaded guilty to the offences between March 2020 and August 2020. On Wednesday (August 20) they were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for a combined total of more than 80 years.

Det Chf Insp Pete Cooke, from West Midlands ROCU, said: "This far-reaching investigation covered the importation, exportation and wholesale national supply of cocaine and money laundering. We were able to expose the gangs' activities which were both sophisticated and on a commercial scale, with them using a network of highly trusted individuals and a fleet of vehicles with hidden compartments.

"We believe they were responsible for importing hundreds of kilos of cocaine, estimated to be over a tonne resulting in them making huge sums of cash, thought to be over £10m. But all this enterprise was illegal and was putting large quantities of drugs, which we know destroy many lives and blight many communities, on to streets both here in the UK and overseas. Our teams were able to trace the activity, identify the criminals and ultimately put them behind bars with considerable jail terms."

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drug-gang-hid-cocaine-worth-29804392

Hmmmmm 😮

Do the crime and do the time, shikena!

Real cartels, no Nigerians

We play with English a lot which one is jailed for more than 80 years each .. ?? considering their age variants it's more like indirectly sentencing them to life imprisonment

Tinubu's Indian Business partners...

Cousin9999:
Rizwan Ali, 34, from Sandwell, and Kamran Hussain, 34, from Birmingham, were each sentenced to over 9 years. For money laundering alone, Ashtiaq Ahmed, 45, from Walsall, was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months.

All members of the gang pleaded guilty to the offences between March 2020 and August 2020. On Wednesday (August 20) they were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for a combined total of more than 80 years.

Det Chf Insp Pete Cooke, from West Midlands ROCU, said: "This far-reaching investigation covered the importation, exportation and wholesale national supply of cocaine and money laundering. We were able to expose the gangs' activities which were both sophisticated and on a commercial scale, with them using a network of highly trusted individuals and a fleet of vehicles with hidden compartments.

"We believe they were responsible for importing hundreds of kilos of cocaine, estimated to be over a tonne resulting in them making huge sums of cash, thought to be over £10m. But all this enterprise was illegal and was putting large quantities of drugs, which we know destroy many lives and blight many communities, on to streets both here in the UK and overseas. Our teams were able to trace the activity, identify the criminals and ultimately put them behind bars with considerable jail terms."

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drug-gang-hid-cocaine-worth-29804392

Where did OP now see the 80yrs

Indians are being arrested for drug in UK and Nigerians are arrested for drug in India.

mysticwarrior:
Indians are being arrested for drug in UK and Nigerians are arrested for drug in India.

Igbo's not Nigerians

Ojà!