Three drug dealers jailed for supply line between Birmingham and Warwickshire

Over 5kg of drugs were found at an address in 2021.

Sajid Mahmood (left), Mohammed Akub (centre), Nomaan Shahid (right)
Author: Ben CartwrightPublished 19th Feb 2024

Three drug dealers have been jailed for over 25 years after police shut down a drug supply line between Birmingham and Warwickshire.

West Midlands police's County Lines Taskforce acted on information and shut down the line, which dealt crack cocaine and heroin.

A warrant was executed at an address in Birmingham in January 2021 and more than 5kg of drugs were seized.

As part of enquiries, police say they established Mohammed Akub and Sajid Mahmood were at the heart of the drugs line.

They were primarily responsible for a phone link which co-ordinated deals with customers travelling from Warwickshire to Birmingham to collect drugs.

Police also found Yousef Mahmood and Nomaan Shahid acted as runners and collected money.

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.

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