A Birmingham drug dealer has been jailed after undercover cops found 18 kilos of heroin and cocaine worth a street value of £2 million.
Rajinder Kumar, aged 31, was stung following a meeting with partner Abol Bosher in West Bromwich last year.
Bosher, 35, met Kumar on Thomas Street on the evening of November 14.
The pair, though, were watched by Met Police Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) officers.
Bosher arrived by van and Kumar by car and the duo were seen talking by an open van door for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, Bosher left in the van but was soon stopped by police a few minutes later on the M6 motorway. Trying to evade capture, he then jumped out of the van and tried to flee. But after realising his only escape route was a 50-metre drop down to the railway line, he gave up and was arrested. A search of his van uncovered 12 kilos of heroin with a street value of £1.2m. A further search of his home address in Southall uncovered £44,000 in cash.
Handsworth drug lord Kumar, meanwhile, was arrested before he left Thomas Street in West Bromwich.
On searching the car officers found a further six kilos of cocaine with a street value of £900,000.
Both were arrested and subsequently charged for possession with intent to supply class A drugs. They both pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Following the joint operation - led by National Crime Agency and OCP - the drug dealers were jailed for a total of 13 years and four months.
Londoner Bosher was jailed for five years and four months while Kumar was given an eight-year prison sentence.
