Sark Kennedy is arrested by armed police. (Image: West Mercia Police / SWNS)
In a shocking turn of events, Sark Yves Amadeus Kennedy, the son of globally acclaimed violinist Nigel Kennedy, was apprehended for his involvement in a major county lines drug operation.
The 29-year-old was a pivotal figure in a multi-million pound crime syndicate that ran the ‘H’ and ‘KAM’ drug lines, flooding South Worcestershire with a staggering 25kg of cocaine sourced from Birmingham.
Following a four-year covert investigation by police, Kennedy was among the 15 gang members sentenced to a cumulative 96 years behind bars. Bodycam footage reveals the dramatic instances of Kennedy’s arrests.
In June 2021, he was detained when authorities intercepted the ‘stash car’ he used to distribute drugs to dealers. Police discovered nearly 400 wraps of cocaine, valued at £15,000, concealed within disposable gloves.
Despite sporting a pricey Rolex watch and gold chain, Kennedy claimed his drug dealing was a “one off”. He received 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine.
Merely weeks after his release, he was arrested once more when police caught him discarding wraps of cocaine outside a school in Malvern. Ultimately, Kennedy, who the judge described as being “up to his neck in the filthy [drug] trade”, was sentenced to five years and nine months behind bars.
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An Organised Crime Group (OCG) that flooded South Worcestershire with Class A drugs has been caught (Image: West Mercia Police / SWNS)
It was revealed in court that he was part of the gang targeted by West Mercia Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).
Undercover footage has revealed the leaders of a notorious gang, Ameeth Mudhar and Syed Alom, supplying narcotics to a network of street dealers. The surveillance video also captured the gang hiding cocaine, including a bag of drugs valued at £8,000, in a bush in Worcestershire.
Police made several attempts to apprehend Mudhar and Alom before they were finally brought to justice. On one occasion, officers attempted to stop Alom and his “lieutenant” Shakir Ali, but they rammed a police car before speeding away.
Footage shows the pair tossing drugs out of the car windows before narrowly missing a child crossing the road with his family. The car was eventually abandoned in a pub car park, and the pair fled on foot.
In December 2020, Alom was arrested at his home in Rowley Regis, West Mids. , and he was remanded in custody.
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Ameeth Mudhar and Syed Alom, operated the ‘H’ and ‘KAM’ drug lines (Image: West Mercia Police / SWNS)
Meanwhile, Mudhar escaped to Dubai and sent taunting phone messages claiming he was “ten steps ahead” of the authorities and Alom. In one message, he said: “Business will never go down.”
“How many times do you think we’ve been nicked?” “We’ve got brothers, we’ve got cousins, we’ve got boys. The lines will always come back on, let me tell you that.”
In April 2021, he returned to the UK where he was arrested by police at his home in Malvern.
During the four-year operation, police seized around 750g of cocaine and 2kg of cannabis worth over £80,000. Officers believe the gang flooded Worcestershire with around 25kg of cocaine worth more than £1.5 million.
Sixteen gang members have been given hefty sentences totalling 96 years for a massive class A drug supply plot. Key figures among them were Mudhar, who received a colossal 14-and-a-half years, and Alom, who was handed a ten-year sentence last February.
The police confirmed Alom’s release last month, following his period in custody, along with the imposition of a “serious crime prevention order.”