Dealing duo who flooded Sheffield streets with £400,000 of crack and heroin were shot at and stabbed
They were both on the receiving end of violence including a stabbing and a drive-by shooting on account of the “prolific” enterprise
A pair of dealers flooded Sheffield with £400,000 of crack and heroin - operating three drug lines over a nine-month period.
Ahmed Ahmed, aged 26, and Kardo Ali, 28, were both on the receiving end of violence including a stabbing and a drive-by shooting over their involvement in the “prolific” enterprise.
The pair - who supplied Upperthorpe as well as other parts of Sheffield - were arrested on December 17 last year at Ahmed’s home in Handsworth, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Eleanor Mitten, prosecuting, described how line boss Ahmed, 26, was detained after slipping over while attempting to flee and “runner” Ali was discovered hiding behind a bedroom door.
Phones seized from the pair were linked to thee lines named the Frank, Mario and Arab lines - with over 12,000 bulk marketing messages sent out to over 350 phone numbers.
Ahmed’s Snapchat account revealed a “selfie picture” of himself next to white powder on a set of scales and firearm images.
One message, presumably from a buyer, uncovered on Ahmed’s phone read: “Yo, it’s Sophie - are you going to hook me?” To which he replied: “Stop saying hot s**t”.
Such was the seriousness of the operation that both men were on the receiving end of violence because of it.
Ali’s phone contained messages to an aunt about having been stabbed in the leg and robbed of drugs and cash in which she replied the wound was a “warning from god” and “living like that will never bring you love or blessings”.
Ahmed’s mother fled her Upperthorpe home when gunshots were fired at it.
Ahmed, of Handsworth Road, who had 11 convictions for 24 offences before this latest hearing, with six drug-related convictions.
Ali, of Utting Avenue East, Liverpool, had one conviction for two offences - also drug-related.
A barrister representing Ahmed, whose 14-year-old brother had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, said the defendant was described as a “loving and compassionate” person who had supported his partner through university.
Ali’s barrister said his client had been taken under “Ahmed’s wing” and was “answerable to him”, adding: “By the time November of 2025 came along he had been stabbed in the leg and robbed of the proceeds.”
Judge Rachael Harrison, who had given Ahmed a community order for drug supply last year, said: “Even as I passed that sentence you were back selling crack and heroin.
“This was prolific selling of class A drugs to numerous buyers. You were clearly a prime mover of that criminal enterprise.”
She told Ali: “You were a runner in a significant drugs operation and you were motivated by financial reward. You ended up being stabbed in the leg. You continued even after being stabbed. Custody is inevitable.”
Ahmed was jailed for seven years and seven months. Ali was sentenced to three years.
Both admitted being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Ahmed admitted possession of criminal property.