'Foxy' drugs line busted as 'safe house' is raided

A COUNTY lines drugs operation being conducted from a sought-after Birmingham neighbourhood was uncovered after a phone check led to the discovery of a 'safe house'.

- NICK HORNER News Reporter

Jack Clark

West Midlands Police launched an investigation into the Foxy Line following the arrest of Jack Clark in 2023 as part of another drugs investigation.

Officers seized a phone from Clark and found a WhatsApp group called Foxy on it.

The group had more than 2,000 people in it and the chat was used to advertise drugs, the cars delivering them and the pickup locations.

Phone data was analysed and it revealed regular contact between Clark, Ikram Hussain, Amar Khan and brothers Adil and Gohar Muhammed and their involvement in the Foxy Line.

Detectives carried out CCTV checks as part of the investigation, tracking the gang's movements and that led them to a 'safe house' the group would use, an apartment in the Jewellery Quarter.

It was one of many 'safe houses' around Birmingham that were used to store and sort drugs.