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Man jailed for aiding brother's migrant-smuggling network

Lancashire Evening Post

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October 29, 2025

A Preston man has been jailed after helping his brother run an international people-smuggling operation that moved migrants from Turkey to the UK.

- by Sean Gleaves

Man jailed for aiding brother's migrant-smuggling network

Anjan Ahmadi is arrested at his Preston home. A court heard Ahmadi (inset) acted as his brother's "right-hand man" in a people-smuggling operation

Anjan Ahmadi, 26, of Stefano Road, Preston, worked alongside his brother Amanj Hasan Zada, who led a Europe-wide criminal network offering illegal crossings to the UK.

Ahmadi acted as his brother's "right-hand man", booking travel tickets, keeping in contact with migrants and liaising with smugglers across Europe and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).

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