Two drug runners who peddled copious amounts of cocaine and cannabis for kingpin jailed at Portsmouth court

A pair of drug runners who peddled large amounts of drugs have been jailed after being sentenced in Portsmouth.

Frankie Rackham, 31, and Wayne Lowman, 56, have been put behind bars for supplying various Class A and B narcotics. They were operating under Behrad Mohammadi, a Chichester-based drug dealer who was jailed earlier this year alongside his accomplice Kyle O’Brien.

Evidence revealed in Portsmouth Crown Court on July 23 heard how Rackham, of Corbishley Road, Bognor, and Lowman, of Heath Close, Hunston, worked as part of a drug network across West Sussex. Various drug warrants were carried out as part of Operation Tripod, with officers finding a cluster of cannabis plants worth £10,000 in Lowman’s single bed bungalow.

Rackham handed himself in to the police later handed himself in to police. During the warrants, completed in October last year, more an a kilogram of cocaine and kilogram of cannabis were found in O’Brien’s address, as well as thousands of nitrous oxide cylinders.

Mohammadi was listed as a director for three businesses in the Chichester area including a vape shop and a supercar firm, but showed large sums of cash flowing through his personal accounts. His phone showed bulk offering and supplying of cannabis and cocaine.

Rackham and Lowman admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis, with the 56-year-old also pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug. The pair were jailed for two years and eight months.

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Mohammadi, 31, of Prior Place, Chichester, admitted conspiracy to supply class A and class B drugs, and possession of cannabis, on March 26 at Portsmouth Crown Court. He was jailed for nine years and nine months.

O’Brien, of Batchmere Road, Chichester, pleaded guilty to supplying Class A and B drugs, possessing Class C drugs with intent to supply, and possession of ketamine. He was jailed for four years.

Detective Superintendent Colin Garman, of Sussex Police, said: “Our investigation into this group has now concluded with four prison sentences for the men involved. They operated a drugs supply gang offering cocaine and cannabis.

“This case demonstrates our determination to disrupt the supply of drugs and organised crime groups which cause so much harm to our communities, and to relentlessly pursue offenders and bring them to justice.”