In a mad ting that could've been straight outta a rap video, Samir Hassan, 37, from Hammersmith, got nailed by the feds for his part in a massive cocaine ring. The East Midlands Special Operations Unit swooped on the crew, rumbled their operations, and bagged them proper.
Despite being part of 50 Cent's tour staff — yeah, the rapper himself wrote to the court asking for Hassan’s bail so he could join the European Legacy Tour — our geezer ended up bangin' up for 18-and-a-half years. The crew, including a few bruvvers from Derby and Birmingham, flooded the streets of Derbyshire with kilos of high-purity coke.
Detective Inspector Beth Lee laid it down: 'Cocaine might seem like a victimless crime, but it's all kinds of messed up for families, kids, and communities. These kingpins work hard to keep their game strong, but we’re on point to shut them down.' The combined sentences add up to 160 years, with Hassan’s sentence being one of the longest.
No word if 50 Cent's still waitin' for his boy to get out and hit the road again, innit.