A MAJOR Bradford drug dealing conspiracy took 700 orders a day and had a turnover of up to £10 million in just over a year, a jury heard.

The “Sully Line” was a ring and bring operation delivering heroin and crack cocaine to users in the city between July 15, 2017, and August 23 last year, prosecutor Rupert Doswell told Bradford Crown Court.

On trial are Mujahid Mahmood, 28, of Hollins Street, Bradford; David Coates, 34, of no fixed abode, Mohammed Vanid Khan, 45, of Cumberland Road, Great Horton, Bradford; and Luqman Nazir, 28, of Farcliffe Place, Heaton, Bradford.

Mahmood, Coates and Khan all deny conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine. Nazir pleads not guilty to two allegations of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

Mr Doswell said that three men not before the court played a leading role in the operation, taking it in turns to take orders on the Sully Line to ensure a round-the-clock supply ring.

The jury was told that the trio, Mohammed Assan, Mohammed Ayaz and Tassawar Aslam, had all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

Mr Doswell said that around 700 calls a day were received by the Sully Line from drug users in Bradford.

They rang from phone kiosks and were supplied by a network of street dealers.

It is alleged that the operation had a turnover of at least £2.5 million, but the sum could be up to £10 million, with 200 kilos of drugs involved.

Mr Doswell said the three men heading up the conspiracy directed others, some of whom had also pleaded guilty to different roles in the operation.

It is alleged that Coates, Khan and Nazir were street dealers while Mahmood would sometimes take a more central role, manning the phone line on one occasion.

Mr Doswell said that the police investigation into the conspiracy involved 15 separate seizures of drugs in Bradford.

Officers saw a queue of addicts on North Avenue, Manningham, waiting to buy drugs from the line.

In January last year, the police searched an address in Lumb Lane, Bradford, and seized 561 deals of Class A drugs valued at £3,500. The jury was told the property was being used to store drugs for sale on the streets.

Mr Doswell said that Mahmood was arrested on March 8, 2018. He said the heroin and cocaine found with him were for his own use.

Khan was arrested on December 8, 2017, and Coates the following month.

Zahir was arrested on April 18, 2018, in a car containing drugs. Mr Doswell said he played a more limited role in the operation and had not been charged with conspiracy.

The trial continues.