Drugs gang jailed for flooding Burnley with heroin and crack cocaine

Three members of the Tiger drugs line have been sentenced

Author: Natalia AntoniwPublished 7th Apr 2026

Three members of a drugs gang who flooded the streets of Burnley with heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed.

Zeeshan Khan, Mohsin Ahmed and Atif Khan were part of the Tiger drugs line.

The line ran from March 2024 until March 2025, when the trio were arrested.

Zeeshan was the 'CEO': he made key decisions ensuring the line was operational, directed and paid street dealers, sourced, prepared, marketed and even sold drugs.

Mohsin was a courier, he transport the drugs into Lancashire in order to be bagged in their 'stash house' in Burnley. He also bagged and sold drugs.

Atif was a street dealer.

The sentences

They all pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell heroin and crack cocaine.

Zeeshan Khan, 28, of no fixed address, has been jailed for eight years and eight months.

Mohsin Ahmed, 28, of no fixed address, has been jailed for six years.

Atif Khan, 25, of Queensgate, Nelson, has been jailed for three years.

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