Six Charged After County Lines Raids in Calderdale and Bradford

Tuesday, 17 February 2026 10:37

Six people have been charged with drug and proceeds of crime offences following coordinated police raids in Halifax, Queensbury and Bingley.

Six people have been charged following coordinated raids in Calderdale and Bradford.

Officers from West Yorkshire Police’s Operation Phoenix County Lines Taskforce executed six warrants, four in Halifax and one each in Queensbury and Bingley.

Five men and one woman have been charged with drug offences and offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The charges relate primarily to the supply of cocaine between September 2025 and February this year.

All six appeared before magistrates in Bradford last week.

Police say the operation forms part of ongoing efforts to disrupt county lines drug networks operating across the district.

🧾 Those Charged Are:

Abu Bakar Chaudrey, 25, of Mayfield Terrace South, Halifax – concerned in the supply of cocaine
Balaval Ali, 26, of Mayfield Terrace, Halifax – concerned in the supply of cocaine
Samran Ali, 28, of Eldroth Road, Halifax – concerned in the supply of cocaine and acquiring, using or possessing criminal property
Arbaaz Ali, 27, of Queens Court, Queensbury – concerned in the supply of cocaine
Atif Hussain, 24, of Gibbet Street, Halifax – concerned in the supply of cocaine
Kiran Akhtar, 25, of Staybrite Avenue, Bingley – acquiring, using or possessing criminal property

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