Six members of a gang who used a dedicated drug line to supply crack and heroin across Greater Manchester using fake lighters to avoid detection when stopped by police have been jailed
The head of the organised crime group was Kamran Jhangir and his brother, Kashif Jhangir
After police conducted simultaneous warrants in Harpurhey and Bolton. In Harpurhey, a mobile phone belonging to Kamran Jhangir was seized while in Bolton officers found a large-scale drug operation with evidence of multiple stages in the process in the property’s garage.
Kamran Jhangir aged 31 of Champneys Walk, Manchester, was sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine, possession of criminal property and possession with intent to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Kashif Jhangir aged 33 of Glenburn Street, Bolton, was sentenced to 6 years 4 months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Mohammed Nivyaan Maskeen aged 29 of Caledonia Street, Bolton, was sentenced to 6 years 4 months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Eugen-Dan Preda aged 48 of Ashley Lane, Manchester, was sentenced to 5 years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Rebin Khoshnaw aged 26 of Biddisham Walk, Manchester, was sentenced to 5 years 10 months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Ali Alawadie aged 19 of Longshaw Close, Manchester, was sentenced to 30 months for conspiracy to supply class A drugs heroin and cocaine
Detective Sergeant Jamie Heaton, of GMP’s City of Manchester North Challenger Team, said: “This was a lengthy investigation which has resulted in substantial sentences for six individuals who were members of an organised crime group, blighting the local community with drugs supply.
“Following the warrants, both the Jhangir brothers’ phones were seized and revealed the brothers conspiring with a number of individuals to sell class A drugs, ultimately linking them to the warrant address and evidence that they are running the ‘Deno’ drug line.
“There were large quantities of wholesale of suspected class A drugs, nearly 250g of cocaine, 497g of heroin and a small quantity of amphetamines; a collection of smaller, individually wrapped quantities of class A drugs ready to be dealt at street level and on a table were individual deals which were in the process of being wrapped.
