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Frankie McCamleyHendon Magistrates' Court


Harry LowLondon


A gang that used drones to smuggle drugs, weapons and cellphones into prisons has actually been imprisoned.


An approximated 75% of drone drops throughout London's prisons were due to the 7 males who targeted prisons consisting of Wormwood Scrubs, Brixton, Pentonville and Wandsworth.


Shafaghatullah Mohseni, 29, Hashim Al-Hussaini, 28, Mohammed Hamoud, 22, Faiz Salah, 29, Zahar Essaghi, 51, Mustafa Ibrahim, 30, and Emanuel Fisniku, 25, were sentenced at Harrow Crown Court.


Det Insp John Cowell said: "This highly organised gang thought they were outsmarting the police and prison authorities. What they didn't know is they underwent continual professional monitoring by Met officers."


All seven males admitted their roles in a "serious, organised, and respected business" to provide Class B and C drugs, and list A and B posts into prisons. The hearing was held at Hendon Magistrates' Court, where some Harrow Crown Court cases are being heard.


The men would take a trip by cars and truck to the jails, typically in the early hours of the morning, and fly packages filled with contraband through cell windows.


CCTV video reveals a few of the gang connecting fishing wire to a drone which was tied to a package and melted utilizing a lighter to secure it. This was then flown to the prisoners in their cells.


The gang also targeted jails in Norwich, Leicester, Onley in Northamptonshire and Bedford.


At the centre of the conspiracy was Mohseni, an Afghan nationwide who was given leave to remain as a child in the UK in 2003.


He was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months and will serve at least 40% of that.


He was described in court as having the leading role behind practically every drop, organising flights, operating the drones, co-ordinating chauffeurs and lookouts, handling payments totalling more than ₤ 30,000, and interacting directly with detainees using illegal smart phones inside the jails.


His defence lawyer argued the 29-year-old had developed financial obligations of about ₤ 30,000 from a betting addiction and feared for his security.


The court heard that one drone crashed and was taken by the authorities at HMP Wandsworth.


It included marijuana, capsules of Pregabalin understood as "brand-new Valium", and tablets of Alprazolam frequently offered under the trademark name Xanax.


Another plan was intercepted inside Wandsworth Prison, after police notified staff of a drone flight to a particular cell. The package consisted of cannabis, cigarettes and five iPhones.


Financial examinations revealed cash being moved from partners of serving prisoners to fund the operation.


In 2015, the chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor warned of the increased threat drones would pose for smuggling weapons and drugs into jails.