County lines: Taxi footage helps convict drug-dealing gang
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A taxi driver was instrumental in the downfall of a county lines gang after a dashcam inside his vehicle filmed the group s drug dealing, police said.
The footage, released by Derbyshire Police, shows driver Shahid Iqbal agreeing to help the gang transport heroin and crack cocaine in his cab.
Police seized the taxi and found the footage as part of an investigation into the Marlow Line .
It helped convict its members who were jailed at Derby Crown Court.
The Nottingham gang, led by Bright Norman, transported about a kilogram of Class A drugs into Derby between March and July 2020, police said.
Dashcam captures the moment taxi driver agrees to help gang move drugs into city Nobody needs to know about nothing, ya get me
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A taxi driver who accidentally recorded himself boasting about his part in a Nottingham gang to move drugs into Derby was caught out by his own dashcam.
Taxi driver Shahid Iqbal, 41, left his dash cam recording and accidentally captured the workings of the Marlow Line drug ring who moved around a kilo of crack cocaine and heroin into Derby.
Updated: 25 May 2021, 17:11
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A COUNTY Lines drug gang were caught red handed after a taxi camera recorded them chatting about their crimes in the back seat.
The Marlow Line drug ring were jailed for 40 years for moving crack cocaine and heroin into Derby from Nottingham last year.
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Cabbie driver Shahid Iqbal, 41Credit: SWNS
They recruited cabbie Shahid Iqbal, 41, who transported drugs and dealers around for them between March 20 and July 22.
But Iqbal forgot to turn off his taxi dash cam while ferrying around the criminal - and recorded them boasting about their crimes.
In one clip Iqbal tells a young man to top up his phone with credit using money received from a drug deal.
Faces of Nottingham gang who flooded streets with heroin and crack cocaine
They have been jailed for a combined total of more than 40 years
Updated (Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)
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A Nottingham drug gang who flooded neighbouring Derby with heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed for a combined total of more than 40 years.