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Bradford Woman Jailed for 21 Years Over £8.5m Heroin Smuggling Plot

The punishment caps an NCA case exposing a Pakistan‑to‑UK pipeline run from a Bradford bedroom.

Overview

  • Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday sentenced 34-year-old Sidrah Nosheen to 21 years and six months after she admitted conspiracy to import and supply heroin.
  • NCA officers seized 85kg of heroin valued at about £8.5 million during a June 2024 search of her home on Woodside Road in Wyke.
  • Investigators found a back bedroom converted into a processing room with scales, tools and a pasting table, plus plastic‑wrapped clothing awaiting unpacking.
  • Consignments were smuggled from Pakistan concealed in clothing and repackaged at the property into 1kg deal bags for distribution across the UK.
  • Phone evidence showed hundreds of messages with an accomplice in Pakistan, multi‑kilo distribution to UK contacts and a £250,000 cash collection for the organised crime group.