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Members of the drug gang at Birmingham Airport (Picture: CPS)
A shocking image caught the moment when a sister family was caught in England for millions of pounds of cocaine smuggling.
The brothers joined the illegal drug operation by their mother, Farzana Kauser.
The 54 -year -old brain used five offspring to carry medicine from Cancun, Mexico to Birmingham Airport.
Two of the children who participated in the crimes between August and November last year were young people.
The gang used a complex method to secretly enter the country with high -grade cocaine. Birmingham Live.
Kauser, along with other five members of the crime group, previously agreed to import about 180 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to England.
The two additional members of the gang confessed to participate in the activities of this organized crime union.
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Fauzana Kauser included his children in the drug trafficking plan (Picture: NCA)
Between August and November 2024, the defendants travels at least five drug imports every time using the same strategy.
They would travel to Dublin or Amsterdam without any baggage by organizing a short trips.
Return flights were meticulously planned to coincide with the flights from Mexico.
After landing at Birmingham Airport, instead of buying the baggage from their flight horseman, they would collect the suitcase overflowing with cocaine loaded on the Mexican flight without direct passengers.
Later, they would just move away from the customs as if they were returning with their own bags.
On November 11, 2024, a large drug conspiracy was exposed to when the national criminal agency officers captured six people in the arrival area of Birmingham Airport and seized six suitcases full of 180 kilograms of cocaine.
The program was largely an operation operated by a family declared by Farzana Kauser, which contains its offspring and other relatives in the illegal plot.
Drugs were found in the trunk received by gang members (Picture: CPS)
Khaled Abdulkawi stood out as the only unrelated to the courier for another crime union.
Those affected, after accepting the conspiracy to avoid the prohibition of imports of a controlled drug of Class A, sentences were given:
- Farzana Kauser was thrown to 13 years and four months in prison
- Safa Noor from Bradford was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison
- 28 -year -old Muhammad Aamir Shaffaq of Bradford was sentenced to eight years nine months in prison
- 22 -year -old Umair Mohammed from Bradford was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison
- 33 -year -old Junaid Shaffaq from Bradford was sentenced to ten years nine months in prison
- 36 -year -old Khaled Abdulkawi from Halesowen in Dudley was sentenced to ten years nine months in prison
- In addition, Hamza Shaffaq and Sarah Hussain were found guilty of participating in the activities of an organized crime group:
- 18 -year -old Hamza Shaffaq from Bradford will be sentenced in October
- 27 -year -old Sarah Hussain from Bradford was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for two years
“This was a sophisticated and well -planned operation to be flooded with a high purity of millions of pounds, Britain,” Sarah Ingram said: “This was a sophisticated and well -planned operation.”
“What makes this case in particular is the family nature of the conspiracy, a mother hires her own children to participate in serious organized crimes.”
“The defendants thought that they have developed a perfect method to import drugs, but criminal attempts have ended thanks to the alertness and comprehensive investigation of our national criminal agency and our prosecution.”
With the effect of bust, “This organized crime group was removed from the action, large amounts of drugs were removed from the circulation and no longer reached our streets.
“This case shows the commitment of the royal prosecutor’s office and law enforcement partners to disrupt drug supply chains and bring those who participated in serious organized crimes to justice.”
Rick Mackenzie, a senior research assistant, added: “Farzana Kauser, who thought they know him, was a thoughtful, loving mother who looked very normal.
“He practiced as a high -level cocaine smugglers in his life and suffered great pain to erase any trace of evidence.
“He directed this crime group with devotion and determination, usually instructed his children about how he effectively missed drugs and what techniques he would use.
“He put his children in great danger and allowed their future to be effectively destroyed.
“The youngest son, when he was encouraged to play an important role in drugs to the country, he was only 17 years old, drugs that ruined countless lives throughout England in their connections with violence, addiction and other crimes.
He continued: “Working side by side with partners at home and abroad to fight class A drugs.”
