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Yahoo
a day ago
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He told investigators that he was a male escort and ended up getting 21 years
He told investigators that he earned his money through being a male escort alongside a martial arts teacher and personal trainer. But in fact, Kulvir Shergill headed up an organised crime group (OCG that imported millions of pounds of cocaine into the United Kingdom. Around 250kg of the Class A drug was imported into the country between February 26 and April 24 in 2020. READ MORE: Gangsters who used drill rap videos to lure children into drug dealing network jailed Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join That had a whopping street value of £20 million. Using the now-defunct encrypted communications platform EncroChat, Shergill and other OCG members would arrange deals. Shergill used the handle 'orderlyswarmer' and liaised with contacts in Netherlands to find out when delivering would be coming over. Then Shergill would distribute them to other OCGs around the country. But his downfall came when he and his other accomplices were arrested in 2020. Shergill denied smuggling Class A drugs but eventually admitted the offence. On 20 September last year, the 43-year-old, of Bhullar Way in Oldbury, was jailed for 21 years at Birmingham Crown Court. Meanwhile, on Thursday afternoon (June 5), the final member of the OCG was jailed for the same offences. Jagdeep Singh, aged 43, of Bloomfield Road, Tipton, worked as an electrician by trade. He was tasked with taking receipt of drugs deliveries and acted as a warehouseman. During his arrest on April 23, 2020, he had 30kg worth of high purity cocaine in his possession. Singh is now behind bars, serving a six year and eight month sentence. Elsewhere, three other members of the OCG were sent to locked up in September. Shergill's second-in-command was Khurram Mohammed, aged 37, of Barker Street, Oldbury, who was a trusted worker. He was jailed for 14 years and four months. While Shakfat Ali, aged 38, travelled around the UK on the OCG's behalf and is believed to have delivered drugs. Ali, from Oldbury, was jailed for 16 years and nine months. While Mohammed Sajad, 44, of Norton Crescent, Birmingham, who was a trusted member of the group, was jailed for 16 years. He was already serving a seven-year sentence before these offences after West Midlands Police found six firearms, a large amount of ammunition and a quantity of Class A drugs at his house in May 2020. Rick Mackenzie, NCA operations manager, said: "These offenders formed a significant crime group in the West Midlands and had far-reaching contacts to help them peddle drugs all around the UK. "Shergill and his accomplices are directly responsible for the horrendous consequences Class A drugs have among our communities. "The NCA and partners at home and abroad will continue to fight the threat of illegal drugs. "Proceeds of crime proceedings have been started and all identified assets owned by the defendants have been frozen and are currently under restraint. "The NCA will work with our partners at the CPS to ensure that any money made from their drug enterprise is recovered." The NCA lead Operation Venetic, the UK response to the takedown of EncroChat.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
'Male escort' actually cocaine smuggling gang leader
A man who claimed he made his money working as a male escort was actually the leader of a gang which smuggled cocaine worth £20m, investigators discovered. Kulvir Shergill, 43, of Oldbury was jailed for more than 21 years after he eventually pleaded guilty to smuggling class A drugs, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Four other members of the gang were also jailed, including Jagdeep Singh, who was sentenced to six years and eight months at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday. The gang imported around 250kg of cocaine with a street value of £20m in 2020 and used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to arrange the deals. Shergill told NCA investigators he made his money through male escort bookings, teaching martial arts and lucrative personal trainer work. But investigators found he arranged premises in the UK for Class A drugs to be delivered to. He would liaise with conspirators in the Netherlands who would inform him of impending deliveries before his group distributed them to other members around the country. Singh of Tipton was in possession of 30kg of high purity cocaine at the time of his arrest. The 43-year-old was an electrician and was tasked with taking receipt of drugs deliveries and acting as a warehouseman. Three other members were jailed in September: Khurram Mohammed, 37, of Barker Street, Oldbury, was also jailed for 14 years and four months. Shakfat Ali, 38, of Douglas Road, Oldbury, travelled around the UK on the gang's behalf and is believed to have delivered drugs. He was jailed for 16 years and nine months. Mohammed Sajad, 44, of Norton Crescent, Birmingham, was jailed for 16 years. He was already serving a seven-year sentence before these offences. Rick Mackenzie, NCA operations manager, said: "These offenders formed a significant crime group in the West Midlands and had far-reaching contacts to help them peddle drugs all around the UK. "Shergill and his accomplices are directly responsible for the horrendous consequences Class A drugs have among our communities." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
'Male escort' actually boss of West Midlands cocaine smuggling gang
A man who claimed he made his money working as a male escort was actually the leader of a gang which smuggled cocaine worth £20m, investigators Shergill, 43, of Oldbury was jailed for more than 21 years after he eventually pleaded guilty to smuggling class A drugs, the National Crime Agency (NCA) other members of the gang were also jailed, including Jagdeep Singh, who was sentenced to six years and eight months at Birmingham Crown Court on gang imported around 250kg of cocaine with a street value of £20m in 2020 and used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to arrange the deals. Shergill told NCA investigators he made his money through male escort bookings, teaching martial arts and lucrative personal trainer investigators found he arranged premises in the UK for Class A drugs to be delivered would liaise with conspirators in the Netherlands who would inform him of impending deliveries before his group distributed them to other members around the of Tipton was in possession of 30kg of high purity cocaine at the time of his 43-year-old was an electrician and was tasked with taking receipt of drugs deliveries and acting as a warehouseman. Three other members were jailed in September: Khurram Mohammed, 37, of Barker Street, Oldbury, was also jailed for 14 years and four months. Shakfat Ali, 38, of Douglas Road, Oldbury, travelled around the UK on the gang's behalf and is believed to have delivered drugs. He was jailed for 16 years and nine Sajad, 44, of Norton Crescent, Birmingham, was jailed for 16 years. He was already serving a seven-year sentence before these offences. Rick Mackenzie, NCA operations manager, said: "These offenders formed a significant crime group in the West Midlands and had far-reaching contacts to help them peddle drugs all around the UK."Shergill and his accomplices are directly responsible for the horrendous consequences Class A drugs have among our communities." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Who is Kulvir Shergill, the Indian-origin UK drug lord who claimed to be a ‘male escort'?
Kulvir Shergill, an Indian-origin head of an organised crime group, who has been accused of masterminding international conspiracies to import huge sums of cocaine into the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 21 years and three months in jail on Friday. The National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation discovered that Shergill's crime group imported around 250kg of cocaine with a street value of GBP 20 million between February 26 and April 24, 2020, and they used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to arrange the deals, according to a PTI news agency report. Also Read | Al Qaeda tried to poison UK water supply, ex-security minister shares shocking details Shergill and his accomplices are "directly responsible for the horrendous consequences Class A drugs (banned) have among our communities,' the report quoted Rick Mackenzie, NCA operations manager. Kulvir Shergill, a 43-year-old man of Indian origin from the West Midlands, was running a high-level drug trafficking operation that flooded the UK with cocaine worth over £20 million. However, Shergill claimed that he made his money through male escort bookings, teaching martial arts and lucrative personal trainer work. Also Read | Punjab: Drug racket kingpin Bhola out of jail after 11 years According to NCA investigators, Shergill's crime group imported around 250kg of cocaine with a street value of GBP 20 million between February 26 and April 24, 2020. The probe also revealed that they used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to arrange the deals. The investigation found that using the EncroChat handle 'orderlyswarmer', Shergill arranged premises for Class A drugs to be delivered in the UK. On September 20 last year, Shergill was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court. The final member of his gang, 43-year-old Jagdeep Singh, was jailed for the same offences this week. Jagdeep Singh was an electrician by trade, and was tasked with taking receipt of drug deliveries and acting as a warehouseman. Also Read | Drug kingpin Navin Chichkar deported from Malaysia At the time of his arrest in April 2020, he had 30kg of high-purity cocaine. He has now been sentenced to six years and eight months behind bars. Three other OCG members were also sentenced last September: Khurram Mohammed, 37, jailed for 14 years and four months as Shergill's second-in-command and was a trusted worker. (with PTI inputs)
