BRITISH pharmacist, Shamil Amin, is set to spend two years at Her Majesty's pleasure, for diverting painkillers to an aspiring "big time" drug dealer.
Amin supplied codeine-based medicines to Daniel Tillyard, who used the products to make a highly potent opioid drink called lean, with which he intended to flood the streets of London.
However, the duo's dreams of making it big as the primary suppliers of the drug in the British capital came to a sudden halt when police found text messages between the pair discussing deals, during a separate investigation into illicit drug dealers.
Amin, who worked as a pharmacy manager in two stores, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply narcotics, landing a two years in prison.
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