Gangster posed as Uber driver to run largest drugs empire in London’s Square Mile

The caput of a multimillion-pound drugs pack who tried to evade constabulary by driving a fake Uber astir London has been jailed for 15 years.

Mohammed Abdul Bakye, 45, ran the largest ace cocaine and heroin empire seen crossed the Square Mile.

Vain Bakye controlled the “Green Eyes” proviso enactment - named aft his piercing emerald-coloured irises. Street dealers, immoderate conscionable children, lived successful changeless fearfulness of violence.

Naseem Ahmed, 22, his lieutenant, held the reigns of the “Reeko” organised transgression network, Inner London Crown Court heard connected Friday.

CCTV images amusement Bakye weaving done the capital’s streets successful a 12-reg achromatic Toyota Prius, 1 of galore vehicles deployed successful an effort to masquerade arsenic an Uber backstage prosecute app driver.

More than £45,000 worthy of people A drugs, a sawn-off shotgun and a silencer were recovered successful a locked integer harmless during a constabulary raid astatine eastbound London trap location connected August 6, 2023.

Officers carried retired different warrant successful Dagenham wherever Bakye was arrested successful possession of 2 mobile phones.

But Detective Constable Jared Fortune, who led the two-year probe for City of London Police’s Serious Organised Crime Team, said: “By naming the cause enactment ‘Green Eyes’, it’s not conscionable narcissism.

“For Bakye, it’s bully selling due to the fact that the lawsuit basal is successful nary uncertainty who is moving the enactment successful presumption of quantity and prime available.

“Bakye was the caput of a convulsive and exploitative pack which utilized children and susceptible radical to woody the astir destructive of substances, ace and heroin.”

He added: “One of the reasons this organised transgression radical was truthful palmy was Bakye fronted arsenic an Uber driver.

“He was truly disciplined successful presumption of switching cars each 3 oregon 4 weeks and would enactment an Uber sticker successful the front.

“We confirmed with Uber helium was ne'er employed by them and didn’t bash immoderate trips.

“Bakye knew the car wouldn’t pull the attraction of immoderate constabulary and, adjacent if helium was pulled over, helium could accidental the drugs belonged to a fare.”

Married Bakye, who was connected licence having been jailed successful 2019 for akin offences, laundered proceeds into a mansion helium was gathering successful Bangladesh and respective London properties.

Ahmed bought decorator apparel and luxury cars to “look boujie”, DC Fortune added.

But adjacent though helium affectionately called Bakye “uncle”, successful vile dependable enactment messages the pack ringleader mocked Ahmed’s mixed heritage.

“Ironically, Bakye was truthful demeaning to his staff, that caused his downfall,” the serviceman said.

“Being a bully encouraged a mutinous cognition among them due to the fact that it became an work to enactment for him.”

Bakye, of Bombay Street, Bermondsey, was sentenced having been convicted of conspiracy to proviso drugs and possession of a prohibited firearm without a licence.

For his relation successful the conspiracy, Ahmed, 22, of Forbes Street, Shadwell, received 5 years and 1 month.

Lower level dealers Muhammed Ismail Ahmed, 24, of Hatfield Road, Dagenham, got six years, six months; Goulger Ahmed, 42, of Wick Lane, Bow, 2 years and 11 months; and Nazimul Islam, 43, Woodall Close, Canary Wharf, 4 years.

Molan Miah, 44, of Ellen Street, Shadwell, volition beryllium sentenced connected February 21 and Imran Ahmed, 22, of Seyssel Street, Canary Wharf, successful August.

DC Fortune added: “I anticipation these sentences sends a wide connection to those progressive successful cause proviso – the City of London Police’s Serious Organised Crime Team volition enactment tirelessly successful pursuing and disrupting transgression activity, and we are determined to proceed to bring criminals to justice.”