Two brothers jailed after £70,000 worth of heroin found

TWO brothers have been jailed after £70,000 worth of heroin was found.

Polices searched a property in Foxhall Road earlier this year as the result of a tip off.

They found heroin, estimated to be worth £70,000, along with about £500 worth of crack cocaine and a small amount of ketamine and cannabis.

The force’s specialist team Operation Vanguard, which targets drugs, guns and gangs, carried out the raid.

Detective constable James McDonagh said: “Once again, Operation Vanguard is showing that crime does not pay; that if you deal in drugs in Nottinghamshire you will be caught.

“The Ali brothers had been regularly supplying illegal substances to the Nottinghamshire area and their conviction today will go someway in disrupting this activity.”

Brothers Shazad and Shabaz Ali, who lived in the property, were arrested following the raids on January 9, 20013.

Detectives were able to gather evidence of the brothers’ illicit dealings using covert tactics.

Mobile phone analysis was used to target the people they supplied.

Shazad and Shabaz Ali appeared before Nottingham Crown Court yesterday. (03/05) Shazad Ali, 25, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine and possession of ketamine.

He was jailed for three years

Shabaz Ali, 24, was sentenced to two years in prison after an earlier guilty plea to supply and possession with intent to supply cannabis.

He was also sentenced to a month in jail for possession of cannabis and three months for possession of cocaine.

The sentences will run concurrently.

On sentencing Judge Hamilton said: “People who deal class A drugs can expect to go to prison for a significant amount of time.”

DC McDonagh welcomed the sentence.

He said: “The sentence imposed upon them reflects the determination of the police and the courts to make Nottinghamshire a cleaner, safer place to live, to work in and to visit.”

Notts Police will now pursue the brothers under the Proceeds of Crime Act, which will

enable police to confiscate any money they have made from the drugs racket.