A Birmingham man admitted peddling heroin and was sentenced today at the city’s crown court to eight years and one month in prison.

Officials said that as part of an investigation into heroin supply, National Crime Agency (NCA) officers raided a flat on October 4, 2023, in Small Heath, Birmingham, after Zeb Khan, 49, entered it carrying a brown shopping bag.

Inside the flat were two heroin users and Khan, whose shopping bag had just shy of two kilos of heroin in it.

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A search uncovered a further seven kilos of heroin hidden across the premises. The drugs would have had a potential street value of £1.5million.

Khan’s first conviction was 30 years ago when he was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to supply. In 2000, he was convicted of heroin smuggling and sentenced to 12 years.

After serving that sentence he returned to offending and was again jailed for seven years in 2012 for a cocaine supply plot.

Khan, together with his family and their associates, was also ordered to surrender a £17m property portfolio in 2020.

An eight-year NCA investigation established that the properties were acquired using the proceeds of crime, including heroin trafficking and money laundering.

Rick Mackenzie, NCA senior investigating officer, said: “Alam Zeb Khan is a career criminal who has dedicated his life to breaking the law.

"He has wrecked his own life and his heroin dealing has wrecked the lives of others.

"The drugs trade is a scourge to society, claiming thousands of lives every year and bringing violence, exploitation and fear to our communities.

“Seizing harmful drugs from the criminal supply chain and bringing offenders like Khan to justice is a key part of our mission to protect the public from serious and organised crime."