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.
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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.