Drug brothers who helped sell crack and heroin to large groups of people in Wolverhampton jailed for eight years each

The 'Kash line' Mohammed Shay Khan and Akeam Khan were involved in had been operating for over a year supplying class A drugs to people in the city before it was busted by specialist police.

West Midlands Police's County Lines Taskforce began investigating after receiving information about large groups of people being supplied with drugs in Wolverhampton.

The taskforce found the operation had been running from June 2024 to September 2025.

A spokesperson for the force said: "After examining phone records, we were able to link the brothers to multiple phones sending out bulk text messages and receiving countless calls in and out.

"One phone was found to have sent out nearly 20,000 text messages and received over 21,000 calls, with the other phones also making and receiving thousands of texts and calls.

"Akeam Khan, aged, 27, of Bramdean Walk, Wolverhampton and 26-year-old Mohammed Shay Khan, of Warstones Gardens, Wolverhampton, were arrested after the team executed warrants at multiple addresses in September last year."

Both brothers appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on February 10 charged with acquiring, and possessing, criminal property; possession with intent to supply the class A drugs cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine; and supplying those drugs.

Each brother pleaded guilty and they were both jailed for eight years.

Detective Constable Louise Ford, of the County Lines Taskforce, said: “Following a thorough investigation, a lot of CCTV work, and detailed examinations of the phones we were able to shut down the network and put the brothers before the courts for them to answer for their crimes.

“We know that county lines networks impact our communities and fuel other crime. This is why we continue to work day in, day out, to stop those moving drugs throughout the West Midlands area and find those responsible to bring down drug lines.”