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Quote:Enormous cash haul piled up by cocaine gang in sleepy Tunbridge Wells by running 'Deliveroo for drugs'Mail Online:
call centre as they are jailed for total of more than 60 years.
'The enormous cash haul an Albanian drugs gang amassed has been revealed after the nine members were
jailed for a total of more than 60 years. The gang was led by Nelson Aliaj, who was closely assisted by Ervis
Dervishi, Izmir Basha and Alfred Gashi.
The gang had been providing the residents of leafy Tunbridge Wells with a 24/7 supply of cocaine, and had made
£4.2million from a so-called 'Deliveroo for drugs'.
(From left to right) Nelson Aliaj, Rigels Hadushaj, Izmir Basha, Ervis Dervishi, Arline Palushi, Alfred Gashi,
Fatos Metalia, Arsid Mataj and Marius Kuci.
(Bottom) An image issued by Kent police shows the name 'Freddy' laid out in £20 notes - which is believed to be
a nickname of one of the gang members.
Based in London the members operated a 24/7 call centre to ship drugs from the capital to the quaint Kent town.
They managed to deliver 1,500 orders in one week alone in July last year, which bagged them at least £60,000.
Newly revealed pictured show swathes of £50 notes all lined up, cash wrapped in bags and even the name 'Freddy'
made up of £20 notes.
Aliaj, Dervishi, Basha and Gashi would top up their phones with vouchers from Tunbridge wells which had been
purchased by Marius Kuci, Rigels Hadushaj and Fatos Metalia. Investigators were able to prove that Dervishi had
supplied cocaine in Tunbridge Wells on 14, 15 and 28 June.
He was later arrested on 20 July in possession of 14 deals of cocaine, two mobile phones and more than £600.
This is while another member, Arsid Mataj had also been found to have supplied cocaine in the area, officers arrested
him on July 23 with four lots of cocaine and more than £1,200.
Just two months later on 22 September Gashi was arrested after being stopped in a car, in possession of two deals of
cocaine, a mobile phone and £600. Just a day later, Hadishaj and Arlind Palushi were found in a car in Tunbridge Wells,
where officers seized 60 deals of cocaine, more tha n£8,000 and pepper spray cannisters.
It was also proven that Kuci supplied cocaine for the crime gang on 11 October and 12 October, and Xhensil Vucaj dealt
cocaine on 19 October.
In October Vucaj was arrested in possession of a mobile phone and more than £1,000. A search warrant was then put out
for Izmir Basha, who was then arrested with the main mobile phone. Aliaj had been using the address in Deptford and he
was arrested in Hull on 26 November.
On 19 December, Gashi, Metalia and Kuci were found in Southhampton where eight bags of cocaine and more than £8,000
was also seized. In April this year Mataj was also arrested in London.
Investigators analysed text messages from the seized mobile phones and found that those arrested had been part of the
same gang, dealing the Class A drugs in Kent. All of which have been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Devishi pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court on 22 November 2018. Guilty pleas were entered at Canterbury Crown Court
by Gashi on 25 April 2019, Kuci on 26 April, Aliaj on 8 May and Mataj on 13 May.
Basha, Metalia, Hadushaj, Palushi and Vicaj pleaded not guilty at Canterbury Crown Court and were found guilty after a 27-day
trial.
Simon Taylor, prosecuting, told the court: 'The organisers of the network were operating a Deliveroo or Just Eat for drugs and
able to keep the key phone sterile by only using it for receiving and confirming orders.
He added that the deals were always for half a gram of cocaine, which cost customers £40 each, and were always from the
same town.
Police caught the dealers by posing under cover and pretending to buy from them. Evidence on their mobile phones then
incriminated them further. One member of the gang was filmed throwing money at a singer in a nightclub, while another boasted
about his Range Rover Sport.
When they were arrested, one of the men had a stash of cocaine with a street value of £2,000 and another had £8,000 cash.
Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Mark Froome said: ‘This sophisticated drug supply network took steps to avoid arrest
by keeping the main mobile phone is London and providing a second phone for the local dealers Kent.
‘It is estimated the gang’s drug dealing would have made more than £4,000,000 per year from around 50 kilograms of cocaine,
and photographs on their phones showed large quantities of cash in their possession.
‘They were finally brought to justice through a meticulous investigation supported by proactive arrests by patrols.
The sentences imposed should send a strong message to anyone seeking to supply Class A drugs in Kent that they will be
identified, arrested and are likely to spend a significant time in jail.’...'
Quote:Romanian arrived in Britain on Friday, was caught stealing from TK Maxx on Saturday andSOURCE:
was locked up on Monday.
'A Romanian was caught shoplifting less than 24 hours after arriving in Britain, a court has heard.
Leonard-Valter Tudor, 20, arrived in the UK on Friday and went to Yorkshire to meet a contact.
But the following day he was caught in the East Midlands, trying to steal £508 of goods from TK Maxx in
Nottingham.
Leonard-Valter Tudor and TK Maxx.
The father-of-one tried to use a foil-lined bag to interfere with the signals of security tags on the items.
He was arrested at the store and appeared on court on Monday, where he was detained in a young offenders
institution for 16 weeks. An accomplice managed to avoid arrest, Nottingham Live reported.
Sanjay Jerath, prosecuting, told the court: 'In interview, the defendant said he landed in the country the day before.
He went to an address in Doncaster intending to find some work. 'He was approached by another Romanian man he
doesn't know. There was the suggestion of employment in Nottingham of taking items from a shop and accepts he
was opening bags and taking items. 'He had a foil lined bag and takes full responsibility for his action.'
Tudor, 20, was helped by a Romanian interpreter in court. He admitted theft of accessories worth £508 and having
a foil-lined bag. District Judge Leo Pyle sent him to a young offenders' institution for 16 weeks and ordered him to
pay a £115 government surcharge. He told Tudor: 'The sentence should be a deterrent in your particular case.'
Neil O'Sullivan, mitigating, said Tudor became a father for the first time a fortnight ago.
He had the prospect of work in South Yorkshire and came to stay with a friend in the Doncaster area.
'Simply the promise of money led him to commit these offences. As one can imagine, he had no income whatsoever
as he only landed on Friday.'
The defence lawyer continued: 'He was detained straight away by security staff. All the items were recovered.
'This was an enterprise he entered into with some reluctance, it is fair to say. In some ways, it was borne out of necessity.'
He said Tudor admitted the offences immediately and planned to return to South Yorkshire if released.
Mr O'Sullivan added: 'He tells me the prospect of work is a genuine one and is aimed simply to provide for his family in future.'
In 2013, police chiefs at Europol warned that Romanian pickpocketing gangs were flying into major European cities and
'getting home for tea' on budget flights. Police said that, at that point, they had identified 240 organised crime gangs from
Romania, many of whom had links around Europe.
There is no suggestion the thief in this week's case was part of such a gang...'
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