A Pakistani-origin suspect involved in the supply of Class A drugs has been sentenced to 30 months in prison by a court in the British city of Aylesbury.
According to local police Thames Valley Police, the suspect, Abbas Hussain Akhlaq, confessed in court that he was involved in a network for the supply of Class A drugs.
According to the police, in October 2024, officers raided the suspect’s address under a warrant, from where cocaine, drug paraphernalia, cash and several mobile phones were recovered.
During the investigation, several messages related to the supply of drugs were also found in one of the mobile phones recovered.
Police say that these messages included advertising messages and requests from consumers to order drugs, after which the case became stronger.
According to authorities, actions will continue against elements involved in the supply of drugs as such activities have a devastating impact on society and the local community. Police say that anti-drug operations are being carried out both openly and covertly to disrupt supply networks.
According to media reports, the convicted accused, Abbas Hussain Akhlaq, is said to be from Pakistan-administered Kashmir, while his father is a member of the local assembly.
It should be noted that in 2008, ten people were convicted in a major drug smuggling case in the UK. One of the ten-member gang was Ansar Iqbal, who belonged to Dadyal in Mirpur District of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and was based in Birmingham, UK.
The court sentenced Ansar Iqbal to eight years in prison in 2008. The ten-member gang was accused of supplying drugs in Bradford, Manchester and other cities.
During the investigation that lasted for about ten months, the police recovered 39 kilograms of heroin, one and a half kilograms of amphetamine and the same amount of cocaine.
Later, Ansar Iqbal was appointed as the Chairman of the Investment Board and a member of the board of AJK Bank by the government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, but he later resigned from this position.
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