Drug dealing husband and wife jailed for nearly 15 years after £90k of heroin found in handbag
A husband and wife who doubled up as a drug dealing duo have been jailed for nearly 15 years after one of the two was caught red-handed in Sandwell.
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Police discovered a stash of heroin worth up to £90,000 and thousands of pounds of cash in Tiffany Davies' handbag.
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Officers were acting on intelligence and stopped the vehicle Tiffany was travelling in near the M5 in Sandwell.
Davies had commuted from Stoke-on-Trent to Smethwick.
Investigations later showed her husband Rais Ali had co-ordinated the journey in December 2018.
Phone records also showed Ali had made three journeys from Staffordshire to Smethwick across November and December.
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Ali, aged 34 and Davies, 26, and both of Josiah Wedgwood Street, Stoke-on-Trent, were convicted of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
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Ali was sentenced to 10 years in jail and Davies to four years and four months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday.
Police said after the sentencing: "Drugs can ruin lives and lead to other crimes to fund habits.
"We remain committed to putting dealers behind bars and taking drugs off the streets".