Three found guilty over Sheffield drugs lines which supplied cocaine
Detectives linked the trio to mobile phones
Three man have been found guilty of running drugs lines from Sheffield, which supplied another city with cocaine.
Officers arrested Bassam Sahraee, Karukh Awat Mohamadi and Rayan Hama-Aziz in Sheffield in February 2024 as part of Operation Hypernova – a crackdown on county lines drug dealing across Cambridgeshire.
Detectives linked the trio to controlling the phones used to send messages offering cocaine to drug users in Peterborough between September 2023 and February 2024. They would then direct others in the city to deal the drugs to users.
Following a 12 day trial at Cambridge Crown Court in September, Sahraee and Mohamadi were found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, possession of criminal property. Hama-Aziz was found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
At the same court last week (September 25), Sahraee, aged 30, of Martin Street, Upperthorpe, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison while Hama-Aziz, aged 25, of Holmes Way, Peterborough, was sentenced to three years and six months.
Mohamadi, 25, of Benwell Grange, Newcastle upon Tyne, failed to appear and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Detective Constable Oliver Campbell, who investigated, said: “These men were exploiting vulnerable people and bringing harmful substances into our communities for their own financial gain.
“We will continue to target those involved in drug supply and disrupt their criminal activity.”