A man and woman have been sentenced to a combined total of eight years and nine months for playing a key part in running a county drugs line and dealing crack cocaine and heroin worth an estimated street value of almost £10,000 across the streets of Hull.
Following their appearance at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday, 30 April, Sarfraz Ahmed, 36-years-old, of Pembroke Street in Bradford pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, and possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and has been sentenced to five years and eight months behind bars.
Nicola Hackney, 48-years-old, of South Street in Bridlington pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and has been sentenced to three years and one month behind bars.
In October last year, a plain clothes officer was conducting their routine patrols in the area of Pearson Park in Hull when they spotted a woman known to police as Nicola Hackney walking in the park with a man and acting suspiciously whilst on the phone. Knowing Hackney was a well-known to police, the officer requested back up after suspecting that Hackney was trying to buy drugs.
Meanwhile, the plain clothed officer witnessed Hackney and the man approach a group of people and make hand-to-hand exchanges with another man.
Officers arrived, and subsequently arrested Hackney on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. Her mobile phone was seized for examination along with a mobile number written on a note later discovered to be the county drugs line known as ‘Oscar’.
Following Hackney’s arrest, officers conducted a search of her address under the Misuse Use of Drugs Act and upon entering, came face-to-face with a man later identified as Sarfraz Ahmed.
Ahmed was in possession of a black bag holding a tin which he swiftly threw on the bed after officers arrived. Upon searching the tin, officers suspected it contained class A drugs and arrested Ahmed on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
The tin containing white bags suspected to be class A drugs, £280 in cash, and two mobile phones were seized from Ahmed upon arrest and sent to Digital Forensics Unit for them to begin their examination.
