Gang behind hard drugs supply line jailed

Six men - (top l-r) Tariq Gul, Akbar Osman, Muhamad Khan, (bottom l-r) Daniel McKenzie, Mohim Uddin and Adam Fradj - have been locked up

Six gang members behind a supply line responsible for hard drugs entering Leicestershire have been jailed.

The “ZK line” used a phone to send mass texts to would-be buyers of crack cocaine and heroin.

The phone was operated by three men - Tariq Gul, 32, Muhamad Khan, 35, and 39-year-old Akbar Osman - who employed runners to sell the drugs.

These sales were carried out by Mohim Uddin, 33, Adam Fradj, 24, and 37-year-old Daniel McKenzie - also known as Adam Caird - on the streets and from a property in Saxby Street, Leicester.

The operation unravelled after Leicestershire Police arrested Osman on 29 August 2023 on his way to Saxby Street, and found him with 48 wraps and the ZK line phone.

That September, a raid on Saxby Street found 83 wraps of crack cocaine and 25 wraps of heroin, and the six men were arrested, including Gul, who was attempting to flee the country.

"Zero-tolerance approach"

Fradj, Uddin and MaKenzie pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and one count of conspiracy to supply heroin.

In June, Gul, Osman and Khan were found guilty of the same offences following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

On Friday, all six were jailed.

Gul, of Belgrave Boulevard, Leicester, was sentenced to 11 years, while Osman, of HMP Leicester, and Khan, of Wakefield Place, Leicester, were both sentenced to seven years and six months.

McKenzie and Uddin, both of Saxby Street, were jailed for four years seven months and two years seven months respectively.

Fradj, of HMP Leicester, was handed a two year, six month jail sentence.

Investigating officer PC Niall Simpson said the sentences showed the force’s “zero-tolerance approach” to drug dealing.

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