Heroin and cocaine dealers sentenced following county lines investigation in Oldham
Five men involved in a county lines drug operation in Chadderton, Oldham, have been sentenced to prison for distributing heroin and cocaine worth nearly £750,000 over six months. The group, led by Mohammed Rahman, used a drug line named 'MOE' to coordinate sales. The men were arrested in May 2024, and significant quantities of drugs, cash, and a weapon were seized during searches.
Five men who ran a cocaine and heroin line that flooded Chadderton with almost £750,000 worth of drugs in six months are starting combined prison terms of 34-and-a-half years.
Mohammed Rahman, 28, who used the “MOE” brand to send bulk texts to addicts and directed street dealers, was jailed for 11 years at Manchester Crown Square on Wednesday after admitting conspiracy to supply both class A drugs and possessing criminal property. Officers found more than £40,000 cash when they raided his Garforth Street home in May.
Anwar Ali, 40, of Denmark Way, received three years six months; Jamal Ali, 21, of Bamford Street, five years; Jason Wakeford, 51, of Stanley Street, seven years; and Mohammed Amman, 25, of Middleton Road, eight years. Amman was also sentenced for weapons and additional drug counts after police seized a stun-gun style device from his address.
The County Lines investigation began in early 2023 when Greater Manchester Police linked thousands of phone messages to 8 kg of heroin and cocaine sold on Chadderton’s streets. Detective Sergeant Leanne Banks said the group “thought they could act outside the confines of the law” but are now “rightly behind bars”.
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