48 years' jail for drugs gang

A1 drugs line flooded the streets of Stoke-on-Trent with multiple kilos of crack cocaine and heroin

- Sentinel Reporter

SIX dealers have been jailed for a total of 48 years.

They operated the A1 drugs line and sold kilos of crack cocaine and heroin on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent between October 2020 and March 2022.

Abu Iqbal and Kyle Pattinson led the operation. They were assisted by Amin Mamon, Nadeen Mehmood, Joshua Knapper, and Jamie Dale.

A seventh member of the gang - Kieron Tonks - has been spared jail.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard two mobile phones were used to communicate with customers with about 200 adverts distributed every day.

The gang members are:

■Homeless Abu Iqbal, aged 23, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine as well as possessing criminal property. He has been jailed for 12 years.

■Kyle Pattinson, aged 24, of Sneyd Street, Cobridge, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He has been jailed for nine years and four months.

■Amin Mamon, aged 37, of Norton Hall Close, Norton, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He has been jailed for 10 years.

■Nadeen Mehmood, aged 36, of Federation Road, Burslem, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He has been jailed for eight years and six months.

■Jamie Dale, aged 23, of St Luke's Court, Hanley, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He has been jailed for six years.

■Joshua Knapper, aged 21, of Morton Street, Middleport, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine as well as being concerned in the supply of the class B drug cannabis. He has been jailed for three years.

■Keiron Tonks, aged 20, of Woolrich Street, Middleport, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He was handed a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.