Drug dealers jailed after posting photo of cash captioned ‘money talks baby’
By SWNS,
2024-09-11
A gang of blundering drug dealers has been jailed after they shared photos of cash below the words ‘money talks baby’ on social media.
Junaid Khan, 24, Musa Khan,19, Trevor Smith, 23, Asim Rafiq, 27, and Keeley Glover, 33, were this week collectively sentenced to over 20 years in prison.
Police investigated the organized crime gang (OCG) which supplied Class A drugs – including cannabis, cocaine and heroin – across Northern England as part of Operation Warrior.
The drug dealers were caught after posting this photo online. Lancashire Police / SWNS
And in October last year, they raided Junaid Khan’s property in Burnley, Lancs., where they uncovered drugs along with telephones and cash.
Detectives later managed to access the mobile phones they had recovered, which revealed evidence of drug dealing on a large scale across Burnley and Bradford.
And pictures taken by the group inside the property also showed them handling drugs on a glass table – and showing off just how much cash they had made.
Drugs, telephones and cash were found at Junaid Khan’s residence. Lancashire Police / SWNS Trevor Smith, 23 was one of the arrested dealers. Lancashire Police / SWNS Musa Khan, 19, is the youngest of the group. Lancashire Police / SWNS
Police also secured evidence that one of the group had started dealing cannabis when he was just 14.
The gang were sentenced at Preston Crown Court this week.
Junaid Khan, described as the gang’s ‘kingpin’, was given eight years and nine months in jail for conspiracy to supply cannabis and being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
He had already been serving a prison sentence for other drug offences.
The organized crime gang (OCG) supplied Class A drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and heroin. Lancashire Police / SWNS
Asim Rafiq was handed seven years in jail for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine.
Trevor Smith was handed three years and nine months in prison for offering to supply and being concerned in the supply of heroin.
Musa Khan received one year and six months in jail for conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine.
And Keeley Glover was given a community order for conspiracy to supply cannabis.
Cannabis that was in possession of the gang. Lancashire Police / SWNS
A 16-year-old, who can’t be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced at a later date for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Detective Sergent Stu Peall, of Lancashire Police’s East Exploitation team, encouraged anyone who knew of drug dealing in their community to come forward.
He said: : “We will continue to crack down on those involved in drug supply in our communities and who prey on the vulnerable for their own greed.
“I hope that seeing these sentences encourages people to continue to report suspicious activity, either directly to the police or anonymously to Crimestoppers.”
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Hey dummy drug dealer this not the 70”we’re talking on the phone is slow if are selling cars or phones or tv”then use social media for that matter not to show ur location or anything that is illegal u mof got to be dumbest in the world im glad u got caught stupid as can be
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