Two men jailed for ferrying cocaine from Bradford to Leeds

Two men who were caught transporting cocaine from Bradford to Leeds have been jailed.

The two drugs couriers were found in possession of £40,000 of high purity cocaine on Leeds Road in Bradford.

The two men were under police surveillance when officers observed, Umar Mahmood, 31 and from Bradford, and Keashune Williams-Hunte, 18 and from Leeds, taking part in a drugs handover.

Williams-Hunte arrived in Bradford from Leeds to pick up a half kilo of cocaine in a red minicab.

He was sentenced to four years and four months in a young offender institution.

Mahmood was jailed for five years and four months for his role in the plot.

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