The faces of two men who were involved in the possession and supply of class A drugs have been revealed after their mugshots were released.

Faheem Khan, 32, of Durham Close, Blackburn, allowed his home at the time to be used to keep more than 20kg of cocaine and heroin.

Mehair Ali, 38, of West Drive, Bury, was among the people to enter Khan’s property to get the drugs, and it was he who was caught outside the house on April 4, 2022.

Police then searched the property and found the drugs stored mostly in Khan’s bedroom, and largely split into 1kg and 500g blocks.

Mobile phones were also found in the house and found to have an app called Wicker downloaded to them, which is used for sending encrypted messages.

Khan, in evidence during a trial of issue hearing, said he had become close with the drug dealers during a difficult period in his life.

He managed to get away from that lifestyle briefly, but when he returned, the dealers said he would have to help them or pay back the debt he owed them.

Khan said he chose to let them use the house until such time they felt the debt was paid off.

However, Judge Andrew Jeffries took a different view, saying this was a “group of friends who were carrying out different roles.”

He added: “You both have played a part in an operation of drug supply. You, Mr Khan, were a warehouseman, effectively, for large quantities of class A drugs.

“You, Mr Ali, were not just a courier, you were much more than that, distributing large quantities of class A drugs.

“It gives me no pleasure in sentencing two obviously intelligent, educated men, to what will be long prison sentences, but that is the consequence that comes with involving yourself in the drug trade.”

Khan’s wife, Rabbia Sajjad, was also in the dock for her involvement, but the Crown accepted this was only due to her husband being involved, and she would not have been were it not for him.

Sajjad, 28, of Ailsa Road, Blackburn, was given a two-year community order for permitting premises to be used for supply of class A drugs.

Khan was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison, while Ali was sentenced to seven years and 10 months.