Kulwinder El Assad jailed over £1.9 million heroin bust - hidden in chapati oven

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Massive stash imported from Pakistan found on airport carousel

 

A drugs kingpin has been jailed for 12 years for trying to smuggle £1.9 million-worth of high-grade heroin into Britain inside a chapati oven.

Kulwinder El Assad, 40, of Beaumont Close, Tipton, played a key role in sourcing the drug in Pakistan.

The plot was smashed when Border Force officials found almost 13 kilos of heroin inside the oven when they opened an unclaimed package on an airport luggage carousel.

El Assad was arrested when she turned up at Leeds Bradford Airport with accomplice Mohammed Aslam Khan to collect the parcel in March last year.

She was convicted of conspiring to import Class A drugs at Leeds Crown Court after a four-day trial.

Khan, 61, of Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, and a third gang member, Arbab Akhtar, 29, of Blackburn, Lancashire, were jailed for eight and six years respectively.

Both earlier admitted the same charge.

Khan, who arrived on the same Islamabad flight as the parcel, claimed he travelled to Pakistan to visit a dying relative.

El Assad told officers she didn’t know Khan and was a paid escort.

But investigators linked the trio to the scam through phone and CCTV analysis.

They found Khan’s ticket for the trip was bought and paid for by Akhtar, who was later arrested at Manchester Airport as he himself returned from Pakistan.

Akhtar was in contact with Khan’s phone and a number in Pakistan which was also found on El Assad’s mobile.

The sentences were welcomed by National Crime Agency senior investigating officer Mick Maloney.

He said: “These three individuals were involved in an international conspiracy to source class A drugs worth almost £2 million and bring them back to the UK.

“I’ve no doubt that, had they not been stopped, the heroin would have ended up being sold on UK streets.

“A lot of work had gone into this concealment which tells me they were part of a professional drug trafficking crime network.

“All three played key roles.

“El Assad was in touch with those they sourced the drugs from in Pakistan.

“Akhtar was the logistics man who made all the travel arrangements and was in regular contact with the others, while Khan was the courier.

“Working with Border Force and other law enforcement colleagues the NCA is determined to target and disrupt criminal groups involved in drug trafficking.”

Mark Robinson, assistant director for Border Force Yorkshire and Humber, said: “This case sends a strong message to the criminal gangs involved in drug smuggling.

“Border Force officers are on the front line to stop harmful substances like heroin making it into the UK and damaging our communities.

“We use a range of high-tech search equipment to detect illicit goods and counter the tactics used by criminals.

“As this investigation demonstrates, we work closely with the NCA to disrupt drug traffickers and put those responsible behind bars.”

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Another sell out biatch. Shabaash Mrs. El Assad. 

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Even with Badal's blackout on bad news, it is clear most of the drugs the idiots back in EP like to take are being sent over by our oldest enemy. Now they are trying to get it over here to. Sikhs in the UK need to do more to be aware of people like her trying to get younger working class Sikhs addicted to drugs sold by predominantly muslims gangs.