A county lines drug dealer from Manchester carried on supplying crack cocaine and heroin to a Cheshire town after being arrested. Abdulatif Abdulkadir was initially held by officers on in February 2021 when he was driving in Ellesmere Port and found in possession of £1,231 in cash and two mobile phones – one of which was used as a ‘burner’ phone to sell drugs.
He was subsequently charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possession of criminal property. But he was bailed by the courts, so continued dealing for a Manchester-based county lines gang.
Cheshire cops continued to gather evidence and launched a further investigation into Abdulkadir, focusing on the ‘burner’ phone which proved that drugs were being sold in the town. He was again later arrested in May last year after detectives raided his home in Demesne Road, Manchester.
