Kingston Dealer Jailed for Exploiting Teens and Firearm Offense

A drug dealer, Hamza Zafar, is going to prison. He got eight years for awful crimes. These included slavery and drug dealing. He also had a firearm charge. The court also gave him a 12-year order.

Zafar, who is 26, used kids to sell drugs. He made them sell crack cocaine and heroin. This happened in Kingston-upon-Thames. He threatened a student with a fake gun, too. He forced her to get iPhones, then left her with the bills.

Police raided a 17-year-old’s house. They found lots of crack and heroin. They also found a phone for drug deals. Days later, police stopped a 15-year-old. He had over 50 bags of crack and heroin.

Police found Zafar’s connection to kids. They looked at data from seized cell phones. The data showed Zafar controlled the teens. He influenced them to commit crimes.

Police stopped Zafar before for another thing. He threatened to put an AirTag on a 12-year-old child. He even tried to act like an adult guardian. This was for a 13-year-old with brass knuckles. He said he did not know the kid.

Zafar was arrested last year, in May. He denied all the charges against him. The court convicted him this February. He must follow the 12-year prevention order.