Two brothers have been jailed for over three years after police found £18,000 in drug profits stuffed inside their bedroom DRAWERS.
Police executed a warrant after concerned members of the public reported that Hassan Yousaf, 19, and Zain Islam, 21, were peddling crack cocaine and heroin.
During a search of the property in Small Heath, Birmingham, on January 15 officers found wads of cash hidden in two bedside cabinets.
Pictures released by police show the rows of notes, which include £50 and £10, jammed in the wooden drawers.
They also discovered a car key which led them to a BMW parked in a nearby street where cocaine and heroin with a street value of £15,000 was found inside a jacket pocket.
Forensic tests on the jacket returned a DNA hit to Yousaf while his fingerprints were also recovered from drugs packaging.
He admitted possessing drugs with intention to supply and money laundering and was jailed for three years at Birmingham Crown Court last Tuesday (5/7).
His brother Islam admitted money laundering and was handed a three-month prison sentence.
Speaking after the hearing, PC Chris Hollands, from West Midlands Police, said: “Local people were rightly concerned and disgusted that this pair were peddling drugs in their community.
“They did the right thing in passing those suspicions to us, we’ve acted on that information and now both have been handed prison sentences.
“Information provided will always be dealt with in confidence.”
