08-08-2025
Four Hyndburn men deny supplying cocaine and heroin into East Lancs
Four Hyndburn men accused of supplying class A drugs across the region have denied the charges.
Amar Hussain, 34, of Hood Street, Accrington, Mohammed Arif, 26, of Charter Street, Accrington, and Mark Birtwell, 64, of Church Lane, Clayton-le-Moors, all appeared before Burnley Crown Court, charged with supplying crack cocaine and heroin.
Arif also faces charges for supplying cocaine and ketamine.
All three men have pleaded not guilty to all of the offences at Burnley Crown Court, and a pre-trial review has been scheduled for November 14.
The date for a trial is yet to be set, and all three men have been remanded in custody.
Additionally, their co-defendant, Davis Hargreaves, 21, of Plantation Road, Accrington, has had his plea rescheduled to a further case management hearing on September 16.
