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A Bradford-based drug dealer who sold heroin and crack has been locked up after being caught in a police county lines drug operation.
When officers raided Sadhiual Haque’s home on Nottingham Street in Thornbury they arrested him and discovered dozens of knotted bags of drugs in a VW Golf parked outside.
Haque’s DNA was located on the packages.
In total, Haque was found with drugs worth £2,360 plus £1,520 in cash.
He is now beginning a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence for street dealing over a five-and-a-half-month period between September 2025 and February 2026.
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Claimed cash was from perfume sales
Prosecuting barrister Vince Blake-Barnard told Bradford Crown Court how Haque, 28, had been linked to a county lines drug operation as his phone number was being used for sales of heroin and crack cocaine.
He was running two drug lines, sending out thousands of bulk messages advertising sales, and focusing on the Pudsey area.
When interviewed Haque denied any knowledge of the drug lines and said the cash found in his home was the proceeds of perfume sales.
He later pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Man said to be devoted husband and father
The court heard that Haque, who appeared via video link from HMP Leeds, had no previous convictions.
Mitigating, Erin Kitson-Parker said Haque was a devoted husband and father and that his offending was out of character.
She said: “There is no evidence of a lavish lifestyle or substantial financial advantage.”
Addressing the judge, she added: “Your Honour has dealt with leading role cases with people having hundreds of thousands of pounds moving through their bank accounts whether through Encro, crypto, or otherwise and driving nice cars and [enjoying] holidays.
“There isn’t any evidence here to suggest that is a substantial financial or other advantage.”
Haque's car
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'No sympathy from the court at all'
Sentencing Haque, His Honour Judge Geoffrey Marson KC said: “Dealing in Class A drugs is a very serious matter indeed.
“The effects which addiction has on those who consume these [drugs] appear before the court day in and day out.
“Those addicted in order to fund their habit to line the pockets of drug dealers mean that they steal, burgle, and rob in order to fund their habits in many cases.
“Those who are involved in dealing in Class A drugs should expect no sympathy from the court at all.”
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'Supply of Class A drugs fuels acquisitive crime'
Detective Inspector Helen Chapman, who heads West Yorkshire Police's dedicated county lines taskforce Operation Phoenix, said: "Haque was found to be behind a Bradford-based drugs line that had been supplying crack cocaine and heroin into the Pudsey area of Leeds for some significant time.
"Our investigation built up a detailed evidential picture that linked him solidly to these offences and saw him left with no option but to plead guilty at court.
"The supply of Class A drugs fuels acquisitive crime and violence in our communities and brings misery to the lives of individual users and their families.
“We hope the significant sentence Haque has received will provide some reassurance to the public and serve as a warning to others.
"Operation Phoenix will continue to take a robust proactive approach to disrupting and dismantling county lines drug dealing by targeting the individuals and organised crime groups behind it."