Cocaine gang inspired by The Wire jailed for £300k drugs empire

An organised transgression web acted similar characters from TV amusement The Wire portion moving a £300,000 drugs empire crossed London, detectives said.

Ali, 24, Ismail Mirza, and Mohammed Omor Tariq, some 21, were identified arsenic main holders of 5 cause lines.

Messages were sent to users advertizing commodities for sale, pricing structures and dealers’ availability.

Between January and March 2023, a bid of raids were executed crossed the capital.

Detective Sergeant Lee Warrington, who led the case, said: “Their enactment of cause moving and spending could person been an occurrence of The Wire.”

Described arsenic the champion transgression amusement of each time, HBO’s The Wire starring Dominic West and Idris Elba tells the communicative of the amerciable cause commercialized successful Baltimore.

For their parts, Mirza, of Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, got 3 years; Tariq, of Broad Street, Banbury, 3 years and 7 months.

Other members Salaman Miah, 26, of Boundary Road, Barking, received 14 months and Shakil Miah, 21, of Hale Street, Isle of Dogs volition beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

DS Warrington, of City of London Police, added: “Tackling the harm caused by drugs is simply a precedence for the City of London Police and I americium truly pleased our probe has resulted successful lengthy situation sentences for Ali, Mirza and Tariq.

“Everyone progressive worked hard to physique a factual lawsuit against those progressive successful these cause lines, from the apical down.

“Putting these criminals down bars removes different menace to escaped the streets of this astir impactful and harmful amerciable enactment arsenic we proceed to actively identify, analyse and prosecute each others attempting to bash the same.

“Selling amerciable drugs into our communities reaps misery and harm connected the lives of immoderate of the astir susceptible radical successful society.”