Keighley man among jailed members of Tiger line drugs gang

The Tiger Line, which was used to sell crack cocaine and heroin, has been dismantled by Lancashire Police’s Operation Warrior. 

Camran Khan, 19, of High Street, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, and conspiracy to commit arson and sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday.

Camran Khan, 19, of High Street, Keighley (Image: Lancashire Police)

He was jailed for three years and six months.

Khan was part of an organised criminal gang which ran the Tiger and AP drug dealing lines. 

Khan was ordered to set fire to a car belonging to a rival drug dealer in a bid to secure the group’s turf.

The group was headed up by defendant Hassan Raza, 21, of no fixed abode.

He would supply his second in command, Moynul Islam, 24, of March Street, Burnley, with wholesale quantities of the drugs.

Hassan Raza, left, and Rayyan Ahmed, right (Image: Police)

Islam would store at his home or other properties controlled by the organised crime group.

When the street dealers ran low, Raza would task Moynul Islam to contact Burnley defendants Rayyan Ahmed, 19, of Williams Road and Shahria Islam, 19, of Devonshire Road.

The pair would weigh and bag up drugs and ensure supplies were restocked for defendants Ahmed, Camran Khan, Tanvier Khalique, Shahid Khan and Zane Sarriodonia.

Raza had physical control of the Tiger Line for much of the conspiracy, according to police.

He would send mass texts out to customers advertising heroin and crack cocaine for sale.

Orders would then be placed and whoever was in control of the handset at that time - sometimes Tayyib Haider - would direct the street dealers where to go.

Moynul Islam, left, and Shahria Islam, right (Image: Police)

Experts found that The Tiger Line received 5,490 incoming calls and 1,443 text messages over a period of 40 days.

The AP line was the cocaine side of the business.

Rayyan Ahmed and Camran Khan were prominent figures in this side of the OCG’s illegal activities, and were assisted by Moynul Islam, Shahria Islam, Khalique and Sarrionandia in selling cocaine in nightclubs in Burnley town centre.

When the defendants were arrested, police found Class A drugs, cash, mobile phones and weapons.

The drugs conspiracy spanned between July 2021 and January 2022.

On October 30, 2021, Raza and Moynul Islam concocted a plan to set fire to a rival drug dealer’s vehicle on Amersham Grove, Burnley.

Large knife in a sheath, pictured (Image: Police)

Camran Khan was assigned to commit the arson.

Within half an hour of the conversation the Nissan X-Trail was set alight, causing significant damage to it and a Volkswagen parked next to the vehicle.

The nine defendants pleaded guilty to their various roles in the conspiracy and were sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday.

Item seized by Lancashire Police (Image: Lancashire Police)

As part of enquiries, police stopped a car in Burleigh Street, Burnley, and found Moynul Islam and Shahria Islam inside, along with defendant Nasir Uddin.

Uddin was found with £1,010 in cash in his sock, drugs and a mobile phone.

A further quantity of cash was found under his bed.

He was arrested and later charged.

• Moynul Islam, 24, of March Street, Burnley was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, and conspiracy to commit arson. He was jailed for eight years and nine months.
• Hassan Raza, 21, of no fixed abode, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine and conspiracy to commit arson. He was jailed for six years and eight months.
• Shahria Islam, 19, of Devonshire Road, Burnley was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He was jailed for four years.
• Camran Khan, 19, of High Street, Keighley was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, and conspiracy to commit arson. He was jailed for three years and six months.
• Rayyan Ahmed, 19, of Williams Road, Burnley was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He was jailed for three years.
• Tayyib Haider, 21, of Quakers Rise, Brierfield, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
• Zane Sarriodonia, 20, of Charles Street, Nelson, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He was given an eighteen month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
• Tanvier Khalique, 20, of Belford Street, Burnley, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. He was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
• Shahid Khan, 20, of Colne Road, Burnley, was convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He was given a two year prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
• Nasir Uddin, 20, of Burns Street, Burnley, was convicted of possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and possession of criminal property. He was given an eighteen-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.

'I hope these convictions send out a clear message'

DS Stu Peall, from the East Exploitation Team, said: “Each member of this gang thought they could profit, to varying degrees, from flooding the streets of Burnley with Class A drugs. 

“Thanks to the dedicated work and patience of our officers we managed to identify the illegal activities of this OCG, dismantle their drugs network and put the offenders before the courts.

“I hope these convictions send out a clear message that Lancashire Police will not tolerate the actions of those who seek to profit from on the backs some of the most vulnerable members of our communities and bring disorder to our streets.”

Operation Warrior is Lancashire Police's response to tackling serious and organised crime in the county and delivering on Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden's Fighting Crime Plan priority of disrupting and dismantling organised crime.

Mr Snowden said: "It's important that we send a clear message to criminals that police are coming to get you, and this is another great example of the work officers do, every single day, to disrupt and dismantle organised crime gangs and put them behind bars."