Halifax: Seven jailed after investigation into drug supply in town
Seven people have been jailed for over 40 years combined for their involvement in drug supply in Halifax.
A large-scale investigation launched in November 2023 which worked to dismantle drug lines operating in the town centre and the surrounding areas.
The operation led by Calderdale’s Precision Team, worked with the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, (YHROCU) West Yorkshire Police’s Specialist Support Group, and the local Halifax Neighbourhood Policing team.
In November 2024, warrants were executed across Calderdale as part of the 12-month proactive investigation into drug supply within the town.
In total, 36 people were arrested as part of the investigation and 27 of those charged with a total of over 110 offences including supply of Class A and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
In a two-day sentencing which concluded yesterday (January 9), the following defendants were sentenced after entering guilty pleas in September 2025.
Further people are due to be sentenced in the coming weeks, and the first of three trials is expected to take place in April.
Those sentenced at Bradford Crown Court were:
- Uzain Mohammed, aged 27, of Clay Pitts Lane, Halifax, sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A.
- Amaan Ifraz, aged 23, of Athol Close, Halifax sentenced to seven years and two months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A.
- Michael Kilner, aged 29, of no fixed abode, sentenced to two years and three months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A.
- Scott Shaw, aged 48, of Houghton Towers, Halifax, sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A and additional driving offences.
- Josef Pihik, aged 49, of no fixed abode, sentenced to four years and eight months for conspiracy to supply Class A and additional offences including drug-driving.
- Rebecca Henderson, aged 46, of Unity Terrace, Halifax, was given a three-year community order.
Uzain Mohammed, was also sentenced as part of a second investigation which began after officers stopped a vehicle in the Pellon area in September 2023.
Following the second investigation, Mohammed, alongside, Zaeem Tufeeque, aged 29 of Norfolk Place, Halifax and Safraz Riaz, formerly of Essex Street, Halifax were charged with offences in April 2024.
- Tufeeque was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A.
- Riaz was sentenced to a total of five years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A and a number of separate additional offences, including burglary, ABH and a public order offence. Riaz also received a 10 year-restraining order.