Hockley county drug dealer jailed and other news updates
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Hockley county drug dealer jailed
West Midlands Police have brought down a county lines drug supplier after two officers stumbled across a drug deal on their lunch break. Mohammad Nabeel was arrested following a search of his flat in Hockley where £2000 worth of drugs and £10000 in cash were found. Nabeel was sentenced to four years and eight months.
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