Essex drug dealer who jetted off on four holidays is jailed after arrest at Luton airport

Shazad Miah, 30, took thousands of pounds by running a drug line supplying crack cocaine and heroin in Southend.

London Luton Airport
Author: Martha Tipper and Sam RussellPublished 14th Aug 2024
Last updated 14th Aug 2024

A drug dealer who used the money he's made to pay for four holidays in four months returned from a trip to Turkey to be greeted by police at the airport.

Detectives had built a case against Shazad Miah who had been sunning himself on a privately chartered boat and sending boastful photos to one of his runners in the UK, Essex Police said.

The 30-year-old, of Ashingdon Road, Rochford, was arrested when he returned from Turkey to Luton Airport on June 4 last year, the force said.

He had a drug line phone with him at the time and had been involved in supplying crack cocaine and heroin in Southend.

Miah held the drug line phones across a period between February and June 2023, with up to five runners working under him on any given day.

His holidays were paid for from a business bank account and personal accounts, set up under a fake car hire business.

Using these accounts, he took in more than £30,000 in criminal profit.

Across his running of the ‘Frankie’ line, we believe an estimated 2.295kg of Class A drugs were supplied, valued at around £191,000.

We are pursuing a Serious Crime Prevention Order against Miah, which would significantly restrict his ability to reoffend upon his release.

He has been sentenced for 9 years in prison.

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