A man from the Bradford area received a prison sentence after being convicted of drug trafficking offences linked to a county lines operation spanning North Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Investigators working with West Yorkshire Police’s dedicated county lines team, known as Operation Phoenix, acted on intelligence indicating a telephone number was being utilised for distributing controlled substances.
Messages examined by officers revealed sales conducted through a network called the Jake Line had connections to Iyaz Iqbal.
Search and seizures On the tenth of February, police officers executed a search warrant at Iqbal’s residence in Keighley.
The property search uncovered a substantial quantity of illegal substances alongside monetary rewards.
Authorities recovered four mobile devices, including the confirmed distribution line, along with cannabis, anabolic steroids, an additional handset, and one thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven pounds and fifty pence in currency.
A substantial wooden bat was discovered positioned near the property’s entrance.
A motor vehicle parked nearby was examined, yielding a considerable amount of heroin and crack cocaine valued exceeding fifteen thousand pounds.
Sentence imposed Iyaz Iqbal, who is thirty-seven years old and resides on Whin Knoll Avenue in Keighley, entered guilty pleas and faced sentencing on Wednesday at Bradford Crown Court.
He received a fifty-four month custodial term for involvement in supplying heroin and crack cocaine, possession of criminal proceeds, and possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.
Senior officer’s assessment Detective Inspector Helen Chapman, the senior officer overseeing Operation Phoenix, stated that illegal drug distribution enables additional criminal activity and aggressive behaviour within neighbourhoods while causing suffering to those who use these substances and their relatives.
The operation will persist in adopting an assertive stance to identify and dismantle county lines drug networks.