Two Birmingham County Lines drug dealers jailed

A man and a woman have been jailed for their involvement in running a County Lines drugs line around Birmingham.

Mohsin Ali, 28, of Wyndhurst Road, Birmingham, and Haleema Akhtar, 28, of Hollyfaste Road, Birmingham, were sentenced on 26 February at Birmingham Crown Court.

West Midlands Police's County Lines Taskforce executed search warrants at an address on Wyndhurst Road and Hollyfaste Road on 2 November 2023.

Whilst carrying out enforcement at the address on Hollyfaste Road, officers found large quantities of crack cocaine and heroin, a significant amount of cash, and mobile phones linked to the Tiger Line.

The Tiger Line would send out bulk messages advertising the availability to drugs users - to be sold across Birmingham.

The two were sentenced on 26 February - with Ali receiving six years and nine months imprisonment. Akhtar was jailed for two years and three months.

County Lines are the phone lines that drug dealers use to sell drugs around the country.

These drugs lines often exploit young people and vulnerable adults to store, produce and sell drugs.

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