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Drugs line dealer sent to prison for 33 months
Yorkshire Evening Post
|February 24, 2026
A dealer who was trusted with handling a busy drugs line has been jailed after thousands of pounds of illegal substances were found by police officers at his home in Headingley.
Akbar was jailed after being caught with thousands of pounds of drugs.
Zain Akbar was handed a new jail sentence, having already been recalled by the courts for a previous charge of affray for an incident that had taken place in the city centre.
This story is from the February 24, 2026 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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