Three men have been sentenced for their roles in operating the ‘Haje’ county drugs line that supplied cocaine between Peterborough and Leicester.
Leicestershire Police officers raided a house in Grasmere Street on 10 March last year and found Harem Abdulla and Dyako Abdwlrahman inside with two suspected deal phones. The arrests formed part of Operation Hypernova, an ongoing crackdown on county lines drug networks across Cambridgeshire and neighbouring areas.
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On the same day, detectives also arrested 20-year-old Safin Akram after stopping his car near his home in St Michael’s Gate, Peterborough. Officers discovered seven wraps of cocaine in his vehicle and phone evidence later showed that Akram was helping to manage the Haje line from his address.
Subsequent analysis of call data and message logs revealed that the trio had been sending bulk texts to users in Peterborough offering supplies of cocaine. Records indicated coordinated activity linking the two cities and regular communication through the seized phones.
At Cambridge Crown Court on Monday (5 January), Abdulla, 28, of Wickworth Street, Nelson, Lancashire, was jailed for three years. Abdwlrahman, 22, of no fixed address, received a sentence of two years and nine months after both admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Akram was given a two-year prison term, suspended for two years.
Detective Constable James Campbell, who led the investigation, said: “Drug dealing brings violence, exploitation and other serious crime to our streets. We see first-hand the devastating impact it has on individuals and families every day. Tackling this trade remains a priority and we will relentlessly pursue those who profit from the misery it causes.”
Operation Hypernova is a force-wide campaign targeting class A drugs, particularly crack cocaine and heroin distributed by county lines dealers. In March last year alone, specialist teams dismantled 50 separate lines, charging 35 people with more than 100 offences relating to drug supply and human trafficking.
