TWO REDDITCH drug-dealers have been jailed to more than seven years between them after being convicted of supplying heroin and crack cocaine.
Tawqeer Mahmood, 22, of Other Road, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to four years two months for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs – heroin and crack cocaine.
He was also ordered to serve a further six months consecutively for breaching a suspended sentence, taking his total to four years and eight months.
Aliyan Razzak, 22, of Mount Street, was sentenced to 32 months for one count of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs – heroin and 32 months for one count of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs – crack cocaine, to run concurrently.
The pair were arrested and charged following warrants targeting the ‘Madz’ county line carried out by officers in Redditch and our others in West Midlands Police in July 2024.
A county line refers to the phone or deal line which drug dealers use to sell their drugs into the area.
‘Harmful impact on the community
Safer Neighbourhood Inspector for Redditch, Rich Field, said: “We are pleased to get these results at court for these two drug dealers who operated the Madz county line in Redditch, selling class A drugs into our community.
“Working together with our colleagues at West Midlands Police, we targeted addresses and individuals in raids last July aimed at stopping their dealing which has a harmful impact on the public we are here to protect and serve.
“Drug dealers prey on some of the most vulnerable people in society and their presence in turn causes more crime such as shoplifting, burglary and anti-social behaviour.
“We will not cease in our ongoing efforts to drive drug dealers and all the harm they cause away from our town.”
This investigation forms part of Operation Target – West Mercia Police’s work to tackle serious and organised crime.
