Takeaway crack gang sentenced

12 men were sentenced for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs throughout east London.
Mobile phones used by the gangs to take orders from drug users received more than 30,000 calls in less than two months, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
Seven of the men were members of a gang calling themselves Box, four were from a gang known as Don, and the final defendant was part of a gang nicknamed Laguna by police because of their choice of transport.The court heard that all of the gangs used high-value hire cars as a means of demonstrating their wealth.They would drive to a meeting place where drug users would be waiting. Each car had one driver, one person responsible for receiving the money and a number of passengers who stored the wraps of drugs in their mouths.When a deal was done they would spit out the wraps and pass them to the buyer, instructing them to "mouth" the wrap immediately in a bid to avoid detection and to destroy DNA evidence.Whenever the cars were stopped by police the men could swallow the wraps in order to avoid the drugs being found.
Undercover police officers found that the men were equipped to supply several wraps at a time and even double the order if asked.In February and March of this year, police officers were posing as buyers and wearing concealed cameras in order to record evidence of the operation.The men, all from east London, pleaded guilty and were sentenced by Judge William Kennedy, who said: "Of all the plagues that have brought death and destruction to humankind over the last millennium, the use and misuse of Class A drugs upon the street ranks with the very worst."
He sentenced the members of the Box gang first. Sharif Choudhury, 21, was jailed for three years and nine months and Remo Foa, 21, for three years nine months. Mohammed Rhaman, 22, received the same sentence. Aminul Islam, 20, was detained for two years nine months. Rezaul Islam, 25, was sentenced to four years and Abdul Salam, 21, received a three-year sentence. Ruhel Ahmed, also 21, was jailed for three years six months.The Don gang and the one member of the Laguna gang were sentenced later. Jahagir Alom, 22, was jailed for three years, Nadimul Islam, 32, received a sentence of four years two months, Nazimul Islam, 27, was given three years nine months and Ruhel Miah, 24, was sentenced to four years three months. Laguna gang member Ashrathul Islam, 27, was jailed for three years six months.