'Banging stuff': Drug lines sent 'flare' messages to flood streets with Class As

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'Banging stuff': Drug lines sent 'flare' messages to flood streets with Class As
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Behind the mammoth operation was Samuel Yagoub, Zakaria Haffow and Khalid Yahya

Three men who ran drug lines that sent out thousands of messages flogging Class As have been jailed. The drug lines, named 'Nasty' and 'Tyrone', sent and received just over 100,000 calls and messages between December 21, 2023 and October 31 this year, a court heard.

READ MORE: They were meant to keep him under 'intense oversight' after jail release, they didn't - and he raped a girl Between the same dates, the Tyrone lines received 36,131 incoming calls and 9,744 incoming messages. The lines sent out 18,834 messages - with 14,816 of these were part of a flare message.

A large amount of class A drugs, crack cocaine and heroin were discovered on Yagoub. Cocaine and cannabis prepared for street deals was also discovered, alongside cash being found on both Haffow and Yagoub. Haffow and Yagoub pleaded guilty on the second day of the trial to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin and cocaine. Yahya admitted to running one of the Tyrone lines and Haffow another. Yagoub admitted to running the Nasty line.

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