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26.05.2023 - 19:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drugs gang was brought to justice thanks to footage from the home CCTV system of one of its members, police have revealed.
Detectives said the movements of Usman Yousuf, Mohammed Majeed and Azaan Tariq were captured and recorded on Yousuf's cameras. As all three start jail sentences, police said the 'incriminating' footage gave them 'an insight into their criminal enterprise' in Rochdale.
An investigation into the trio by Greater Manchester Police's Serious Organised Crime Group uncovered 23 kilos of cocaine and more than £15,000 in cash.
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Yousef and Majeed were captured arriving at Yousef's home and leaving with a large blue holdall later dropped off at a shipping container in Rochdale. Tariq, meanwhile, was recorded on Yousef's CCTV camera 'coming and going' from the property with large, heavy carrier bags, police added.
At Manchester Crown Court on Friday, Yousuf, 31, of Ashton Gardens, Rochdale, was sentenced to 12 years in jail; Majeed, 30, of Hawthorn Road, Rochdale, was sentenced to nine years and ten months and Tariq, 20, of Convent Grove, Rochdale, was sentenced to three years and four months. All three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
In a statement after conviction, GMP said: "Unfortunately for the trio, their movements had been captured by Usman Yousuf's own CCTV cameras, incriminating them, and giving police an insight into their criminal enterprise."
On Friday, July 22, last year, at around 8pm, the footage showed Yousuf arriving home with a large, heavy, blue holdall.
An hour later, Majeed was seen arriving at the same address then leaving with the blue holdall, which he was seen dropping off at the shipping
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