A drug dealer has been handed an 'all-inclusive' experience at His Majesty’s pleasure after being stopped with his girlfriend at the airport trying to escape for a holiday in Mexico.
Mohammed Sheikh and his girlfriend Sapphire Edwards were involved in County Lines drugs operations selling heroin and crack cocaine to users. Sheikh, 28, was found to be the man behind the major drug plot. His girlfriend was linked to the network following a police investigation.
The couple attempted to flee to Cancun for a break on the drug profits in May last year but were stopped at Birmingham Airport while trying to board a flight to the holiday hotspot. Sheikh was found with a large amount of cash on him and was wearing expensive designer items and jewellery.
Mohammed Sheikh and his girlfriend Sapphire Edwards, were stopped at Birmingham Airport while trying to board a flight to Cancun and spend some of the profits from their Sandy line County Lines drug dealing operation (WMP)Luxury goods, and cannabis concealed within a container of moisturising cream, were also found in his suitcase. Following a search of a property, high-value designer clothes and cannabis with a street value of £2,000 were discovered.
Sheikh has now been jailed for 10 years. Edwards was given an 18-month suspended sentence and 120 hours of unpaid work for her involvement in his drug deals.
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Police found bulk messages advertising drugs for sale being sent from a phone line to a large number of numbers, reports BirminghamLive. Sheikh, who was living in the city at the time, was the suspect, having made a top-up purchase for the phone associated with it in November 2021. Then in June 2022, he was stopped and detained for a drugs search.
Police seized a mobile phone which contained deleted bulk messages advertising class A drugs for sale and using the name Sandy. Months later another Sandy drugs line number was discovered in December 2022.
Identical regular bulk messages from this line were sent on an almost daily basis between September and December to approximately 300 mobile numbers, with many linked to known drug users in Dudley.
Another phone Sheikh was using belonged to his girlfriend, Edwards. Sheikh’s 33-year-old partner’s phone was linked to the drugs line and to movements around a Dudley address suspected to be associated with drug dealing.
The Dudley address was searched last March with Edwards arrested after a ‘substantial amount of heroin and crack cocaine’ was found in a bedroom. Police said ‘Images and messages retrieved from her phone also suggested she was involved in drug deals’.
Sheikh later pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, and possession of a controlled class B drug with intent to supply. Edwards also pleaded guilty to being concerned about the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.
Detective Sergeant Robert Moir from West Midlands Police's County Lines Taskforce said: “Sheikh was happy to benefit from selling drugs, knowing the misery they inflict on communities, and was planning to spend some of the profits on a luxury holiday in Mexico. Fortunately, we were able to arrest him before he boarded the plane and he is now having an all-inclusive experience at His Majesty’s pleasure.”
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