Overview

• On July 31 at Teesside Crown Court, 21-year-old Ehsan Mirza received a 16-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to supplying Class A and B drugs and possessing criminal property.
• Cleveland Police executed a March 18 warrant on his Croydon Road address and observed him discarding four iPhones from his locked bedroom window in an effort to destroy evidence.
• Forensic analysis of the seized devices uncovered sales of cannabis via Snapchat, THC liquid, ecstasy.
• Officers also recovered nearly £1,300 in cash which prosecutors classified as criminal property under England’s asset seizure laws.
• Detective Sergeant Collingwood emphasized the value of digital forensics in dismantling online drug networks, urging community reporting of suspicious activity.