Six Zimbabwean male youths have been named among a group of 34 top arrested drug dealers in the United Kingdom’s Leicester, ZimEye can reveal.
The Zimbabwean young men were caught and arrested after a police Operation Nutmeg, was launched a year ago to target street dealers who were openly selling class A drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine.
One of the boys is a nephew to a known Zimbabwean pastor based in Nottingham. [Watch this space for Part 2 – Investigation by ZimEye in Leicester.]
Residents had complained to police that the dealing was leading to increased amounts of anti-social behaviour and making their lives a misery.
A community group which uses its own covert cameras to record crime on the St Peter’s estate in Highfields said street dealing has reduced since the operation.

Albert Berer, spokesman for St Peter’s Neighbourhood Monitoring, said he recognised several of the dealers.
Mr Berer said: “We have filmed some of these people openly selling drugs in the street, often in daylight.
“There would be queues of users waiting to buy from them.
“It is important to point out that a lot of these dealers don’t live in this neighbourhood and the users aren’t from here either.
“St Peter’s became the venue for their commerce and we suffered as a result.
“It has cleaned up a lot since the police dealt with these men but there is always the prospect others will follow them and try to fill the space that has been left.
“Our cameras are always watching and any film of a crime being committed will be passed to the police.”
Mohammed Dawood, councillor for Spinney Hills, said: “Drugs blight communities and it is good news the police have taken action against these people.
“They would have known the implications of what they were doing, but they made a decision to sell drugs because, presumably, they thought they wouldn’t get caught.
“A lot of them appear quite young so I think we still have a lot of work to do with young people to address the misuse of drugs.”
Police began gathering intelligence on the dealers a year ago before launching two waves of raids on homes, making arrests in May, June and October.
The raids yielded thousands of pounds in cash, mobile phones, drugs paraphernalia and cannabis.
Detective Superintendent Andy Lee said: “In all of the cases the evidence gathered was so strong that the offenders pleaded guilty.
“There is no place for illegal drugs in our communities and by working together we have proved that we can stop it.
“We would urge residents to continue to work with us to keep Leicester a safe place to work and live.
“I hope the results of this operation will send a clear message to those who deal in illegal drugs in Leicester – we will find out who you are, we will arrest you and you will be brought to justice.”
Police published the following details of Operation Nutmeg:
• Raymond Abbott Moore (Date of birth 23/06/1988 No fixed abode) – 3 x supply offences – Two years
• Shaub Ali Ahmed (20/05/1988 St Stephens Road, Highfields– supplying a controlled drug – Five years and seven months
• Nazmul Ali (02/04/1991 Attlebridge Close, Hamilton – 5 x intent to supply heroin, possession with intent to supply a class B drug, 2 x proceeds of crime offences – Two years
• Yayha Benkhelifa, (06/12/1992) Park Vale Road, Highfields – 3 x supplying heroin, suplying cocaine, concerned in supply, burglary, GBH and robbery – Nine years
• Carlton Blessing Chofuka (17/03/1991) Norwich Road, Beaumont Leys (1 x supplying a controlled drug, 21 x concerned in supplying a controlled drug – Four years
• Nigel Anedu Chibwana (05/11/1990) Ganton Road, Braunstone Frith (2 x supplying copntrolled drugs) 16 months
• Munyaradzi Chigodora (31/08/1990) Ganton Road, Braunstone Frith – 1 x supplying a controlled drug; Two-and-a-half years
• Courage Chitsenga (11/04/1990) 5 x supplying a controlled drug – Two years
• Abdul Dossani (23/05/1975) Mensa Close, St Peters – 3 x supplying cocaine – Two and a half years
• Zakariya Etarghi (25/04/1994), Dunblane Avenue, Rushey Mead, – possession of a class B drug, 7 x supply class A drugs, burglary, GBH and common assault – jailed for nine years
• Luke Ferguson (11/08/1980) of Iona Close, Beaumont Leys – supplying a controlled drug – Three years
• Ravel Francis (28/05/1992) Pluto Close, St Peters – 1 x supply of a controlled drug, 10 x concerned in supply of controlled drugs, 1 x supply of controlled drugs – Three years in a young offenders institute
• Granville Grant (19/06/1957) Wyvern Court, Leicester – 2 x supply of heroin, supply of cocaine, assault and ABH – Two years
• Shaun Griffiths (03/05/1980) Checkland Road, Thurmaston – 5 x supply of controlled drugs – Six months in prison, suspended for two years
• Ejaz Gul (27/09/1991) Berners Street, Highfields – 2 x supply of heroin, offer to supply heroin and 6 x concerned in supply of heroin – Three years
• Tariq Gul (31/12/1991) Apollo Court, St Peters – Supplying heroin, offering to supply heroin, 2 x concerned in supply of heroin, 2 x proceeds of crime offences – 30 months in a young offenders institute
• Osman Hanif (11/01/1987) Buxton Street, Highfields – 4x supplying heroin – 15 months
• Billy Hussein (06/07/1987) Braybrooke Road, Northfields – 2 x supply of heroin, supply of cocaine, concerned in the offer to supply – Four and a half years
• A 17-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile – 1 x supply controlled drugs, 2 x offer to supply controlled drugs and 1x attempting to supply controlled drugs – 18 month supervision order.
• Daniel Jones (25/04/1987) Belton Road, Loughborough – 2 x supply, concerned in the supply of heroin, possession of cannabis – 16 months
• Ahmed Khatib (13/06/1993) Roslyn Street, Highfields – 6 x supply of heroin, supply cocaine, possession of cannabis –Three years in a young offenders institute
• Nehemiah Laudat (24/04/1993) Naseby Road, Northfields – 5 x supply controlled drugs, 2 x being concerned in supply of controlled drugs – Two year detention and training order.
• Devery Lewis (28/12/1991) Earl Howe Street, Highfields – 6 x supply of heroin, 1x proceeds of crime offence – Three years
• Olson Murrain (24/04/1982) Everest Court, St Matthews – 4 x supply of crack cocaine – Three years
• Gariki Clayton Musamba (24/03/1987) Northampton Street, Leicester city centre and Cowdall Road, Braunstone – 2 x supply controlled drugs – 12 months
• Abdi Osman (11/01/1987) Maidstone Road, St Peters – 4 x supply crack cocaine, 3 x concerned in supply of heroin, concerned
in supply heroin, 2 x proceeds of crime offences. Five years and seven months
• Akbar Pathan (28/04/1984) Mount Avenue, Spinney Hills – 3 x supply heroin, supply of cocaine, 2 x offering to supply – Three years
• Sayeed Sakhi (04/11/1970) Evington Lane, 2 x supply of heroin – Three years
• Daniel Smith (13/07/1985) Goscote House, Leicester 3 x supply cocaine, supply heroin, 2 x offer to supply – Two years
• A 16-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile 3 x supplying cocaine 12 month youth rehabilitation order.
• Jordan Thelwell (16/05/1993) Oxford Avenue, Highfields – 2 x possession with intent to supply, 10 x supplying controlled drugs and 1 x escape from lawful custody – Four and a half years
• Tahir Vali (20/08/1989) Asfordby Street, Spinney Hills, Leicester – Possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine, 4 x concerned in supply and 4 x offering to supply – 18 months
• A 16-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile; six months youth detention
• Ayalle Youssouf (01/07/1994) Lyme Road, Evington – 4 x supplying heroin and concerned in the offer to supply