Asghar, 48, and Rashad, 52, jailed for 36 Years, Imported £2.5 million Heroin from Pakistan

Drug pair Asghar Khan, 48, and Rashad Mahmood, 52, both from Walsall, were both jailed for 18 years each at Birmingham Crown Court  for smuggling £2.5 million worth of heroin in industrial mincing machines.

Asghar Khan from Eastbourne Street and Rashad Mahmood from Reedswood Lane, imported heroin into the UK from Pakistan using a legitimate cargo company which sent the parcels by air freight.



Border Force officers discovered 20 kilos of heroin hidden in three separate consignments which forensic examinations revealed was 62% pure and had a potential street value of more than £2.5 million.



They import large quantities of high-purity heroin during between September 2014 to April 2015 in which at least four consignments were sent to the UK.



On opening the parcels in the cargo area Border Force officers discovered heroin in a number of hidden sewn-in compartments along with items of women's clothing.



Investigators found a series of welded metal blocks within the motors of the machines containing the heroin.



Khan was first arrested in 2014 after attempting to collect the second consignment and was arrested again, along with Mahmood, in April 2016 on suspicion of conspiracy to import controlled drugs.



Both were fond guilty and Birmingham Crown Court and jailed for 18 years each for their part in drugs smuggling.