County Lines drug gang sentenced to more than 40 years
They tried to supply drugs from the West Midlands to South Worcestershire
Six men have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 40 years for conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs – cocaine into South Worcestershire from the West Midlands.
Their convictions follow an investigation by West Mercia’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) into a ‘deal line’ known as the Kam Line between January 1, 2018, and December 15, 2020.
The gang were convicted of dealing more than 14kg of cocaine to an estimated 2,000 users over that period when they appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Friday 2 February.
Syed Alom, 35, of Highfield Road, Rowley Regis was sentenced to 15 years, reduced to ten years for his early guilty plea to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Shakir Ali, 35, of Sycamore Road, Wednesbury was jailed for 11-and-a-half years, reduced to ten years having pled guilty on the first day of trial to conspiracy to supply class A drugs. He was also issued a disqualification from driving.
Mohammed Amilrul Islam, 30, of Blythswood Road, Birmingham was jailed for nine-and-a-half years, reduced to eight-and-a-half years having pled guilty on the first day of trial to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Andre Passaro, 38, of Winchombe Drive, Worcester was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, reduced to two years for his early guilty plea and suspended for 18 months with 175 hours of unpaid work.
Syed Ahmed, 37, of Offmore Road, Kidderminster was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ years imprisonment, reduced to one year eight months for his early guilty plea and suspended for 18 months with 150 hours of unpaid work.
Duncan Lawson, 44, of Arosa Drive, Malvern was sentenced to two years three months’ imprisonment, reduced to one year, 11 months for his guilty plea at the start of the trial and suspended for 18 months with 200 hours of unpaid work.
The Kam Line was the name of the telephone number, or ‘deal line’, used to run the organised drug-dealing network.
These ‘dealing’ numbers were used to send text messages to the Kam Line’s customer base, offering to supply drugs.
Alom and Ali would travel to south Worcestershire for no other purpose than to resupply their trusted sub dealers Lawson, Passaro and Ahmed for onward supply to cocaine users or to collect the proceeds of these sales.