Friday, August 21, 2009 LONDON: Four British Bangladeshi men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in the supply of class A drugs in Slough, Berkshire, England. They were among 36 people charged with drugs offences after one of the largest pre-planned intelligence-led drugs operations held by Thames Valley Police. The members of a London-based gang, known as the 'Naz Network', were jailed for their involvement in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the town using a network of hire cars. They were sentenced in Reading Crown Court on Aug 12. Code-named Operation Chester, the crackdown included a series of drugs raids at homes in Slough in July 2008, aimed at disrupting suspected major drugs networks operating in the area. Of the four British Bangladeshis sentenced in the case, Tauseef Ahmed, 24, of Spackmans Way, Chalvey, was jailed for two-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. Akik Miah, 25, of Duckett Street, London, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. Mohammed Miah, 25, of Ben Johnson Road, London, was jailed for three years and Qamarun Noor Ali, 20, of Halley Street, London, was jailed for two years for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. Qanarun also received three months for possession with intent to supply cannabis, to be served concurrently. A fifth, Nurul Miah, 26, of Brunton Place, London, will be sentenced at a later date.
BAGHDAD: Nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives started shifting to southern Afghanistan."We are probably going to be the beginning of the influx you are going to see to Afghanistan," Lt. Col. Kevin Landers, commander of the Fort Carson, Colo.-based 4th Engineer Battalion, said as crews packed crates and cleaned vehicles for the flight to Kandahar.Obama has ordered 17,000 more U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan to bolster the 38,000 American troops already battling the resurgent Taliban."We are going to take this footprint out of Iraq," said Landers, whose battalion received word of its reassignment last month just after taking command of clearing roads in Baghdad of bombs and debris.
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