These British Badboys Inserted Firecrackers In Men Whilst They Slept & Forced Them To Sell Dr*gs

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[00:00:01]This next news story begins not with police raids or courtroom sentences, but inside two small flats in Braintree.

[00:00:08]Ordinary one-bedroom homes occupied by two vulnerable men who for a time lost control not only of their properties, but of their lives.

[00:00:17]At first glance, there was nothing remarkable about the buildings themselves. They were modest blocks of housing in Essex, the sort of places people pass by every day without a second thought.

[00:00:27]But behind those front doors, something dark had been afoot.

[00:00:30]Over the course of a month in 2022, those flats became the center of a county lines drugs operation known as the Diamond Line, a network dealing crack and heroin across the town whilst exploiting some of the most vulnerable people imaginable.

[00:00:45]The men targeted by the gang were isolated, struggling with addiction, and living alone.

[00:00:51]They were exactly the type of people county lines gangs often seek out, individuals unlikely to resist, unlikely to report abuse, and unlikely to be believed if they did.

[00:01:01]To the gang, they were not human beings with dignity or histories or futures.

[00:01:05]They were tools, assets, places to hide their drugs, sleep, operate, and profit.

[00:01:11]What happened inside those flats would eventually shock even experienced investigators.

[00:01:16]This was not simply a drugs conspiracy.

[00:01:18]It was a sustained campaign of humiliation, intimidation, and exploitation carried out for amusement as much as for profit.

[00:01:26]The gang filmed their abuse, shared it online, and laughed about it amongst themselves, reveling in the power they had held over the men who were unable to defend themselves.

[00:01:36]By the time the [snorts] case reached Chelmsford Crown Court years later, the judge would describe the cruelty as gratuitous and degrading, telling the defendants, "You enjoyed your cruelty."

[00:01:47]Long before the sentences handed down, there were months during which the victims lived under control of people who treated their homes like occupied territories.

[00:01:56]The operation was led by Summit Ekuson and Oniva Alves, two young men at the center of the Diamond drug slang.

[00:02:03]Working beneath them were Billy Rowley, Finlay Postil, and Leon Biggs, each taking on the roles within the network, runners, dealers, enforcers, and occupants of the flats that effectively become drug dens.

[00:02:17]Like many council lines operations, the business revolved around constant activity.

[00:02:22]Mobile phones buzzed day and night with orders advertising drugs were blasted out to users across the area. Drugs are packaged, cooked, sold, and distributed around the clock.

[00:02:32]This case later discovered that between August and October 2022 alone, more than 3,700 promotional messages had been sent from the Diamond Line to potential customers.

[00:02:43]Officers estimated the network had dealt around a kilo of crack and heroin during that period, a significant operation for a town the size of Braintree.

[00:02:51]But the most disturbing aspect of the investigation was not the scale of the drug selling, it was the treatment of the people that were trapped inside it.

[00:02:58]The first victim came to attention, police's attention almost by chance in late 2022. Officers were called to his flat.

[00:03:06]When they arrived, none of the gang members were present, for the first time in months, the man was able to speak openly about what he had been happening inside his home.

[00:03:13]He suffered from a serious mental health issues and had previously battled heroin addiction.

[00:03:18]He told officers early that summer that he'd agreed to let Billy Rowley stay at his flat for a couple of nights.

[00:03:23]It seemed harmless enough at first, an act of generosity or perhaps a bit of companionship.

[00:03:28]But almost immediately, the situation spiraled beyond his control.

[00:03:32]Soon, more members of the gang began arriving. They came as and when, then eventually, they stopped leaving all together. The flat no longer belonged to him.

[00:03:42]The dealers occupied every part of the property, preparing crack and heroin in the kitchen whilst using the address as a base for the Diamond Line.

[00:03:49]Leon Biggs would traveled back and forth selling drugs on the streets before returning again.

[00:03:55]The victim, meanwhile, found himself trapped inside his own home, powerless to stop what was happening around him.

[00:04:01]What made the exploitation even more devastating was the way the gang deliberately deepened his addiction in order to maintain control.

[00:04:08]The man had been clean from heroin for more than a decade before meeting them when the dealers reintroduced him to the drug, feeding his dependency until he became more and more vulnerable and dependent on those exploiting him.

[00:04:19]This was one of the gang's defining tactics of county lines, a practice known as cuckooing.

[00:04:24]The term comes from a cuckoo bird which takes over another bird's nest for its own purpose.

[00:04:29]In criminal terms, it refers to gangs invading the homes of vulnerable people and using them as operational bases.

[00:04:37]But, in reality, the word is far uglier than the term itself suggests. Inside the flat, the abuse became constant.

[00:04:44]The gang treated the home with contempt, flicking cigarettes onto the carpet and burning holes into the floor. They spat on the walls, they threw food at the windows. They even brought prosies into the property and used the victim's bed to bang her while forcing him to sleep on the floor.

[00:04:59]When he entered his bedroom the next morning, he found burn marks in the mattress and stains all over the sheets.

[00:05:06]The humiliation was deliberate. It was designed to strip away his dignity and reinforce control.

[00:05:12]Then came the violence.

[00:05:13]The man was stripped naked and accused of stealing drugs. On another occasion, members of the gang threw firecrackers at him while he slept.

[00:05:21]At some point, the abuse evolved into entertainment for the offenders themselves. They filmed the victim while he was intoxicated and vulnerable, recording cruel videos in which he was mocked and degraded. Those clips were later shared on social media by these fools for the amusement of others within the group.

[00:05:37]>> [clears throat] >> His phone and keys were taken from further isolating him from the outside world, and the image that emerges from the investigation is of the complete domination.

[00:05:46]A vulnerable man trapped inside an environment controlled entirely by people who viewed him not as a person, but as something disposable.

[00:05:54]When officers searched the property, they found 50 g of crack hidden behind a sink.

[00:05:59]Forensic evidence linked the gang directly to the flat. Investigators recovered fingerprints belonging to Ekisan and Postal along with a library card belonging to Rowley. What the [ __ ] He was with one of them?

[00:06:11]Even after police intervention, the gang attempted to reassert control.

[00:06:15]Officers had recognized the danger the victim remained in and put safeguarding measures in place, including issuing him with a panic alarm, and that decision proved critical.

[00:06:25]In November 2022, Ekisan and Alves returned to the flat almost certainly in search of the drugs that police had already seized, and the panic alarm was activated.

[00:06:34]Officers responded quickly and found Ekisan and Alves sitting in a nearby car.

[00:06:39]They were arrested on the spot, and inside the vehicle, police recovered the victim's stolen phone along with deal bags of cannabis.

[00:06:45]The arrests marked a major breakthrough in the investigation, but officers were already uncovering evidence suggesting the exploitation extended far beyond a single flat.

[00:06:54]As detectives dug deeper into the diamond line, they discovered a second vulnerable man had suffered a strikingly similar ordeal.

[00:07:01]His flat in Braintree had likewise been taken over by members of this gang during 2022.

[00:07:06]When officers visited the property as part of safeguarding inquiries, they found Liam Biggs casually sitting on the sofa carrying around 800 pounds in cash in his pockets.

[00:07:15]At first, Biggs tried to conceal his involvement, but when officers informed him he'd be searched at the police station, he broke down in tears and started crying and admitted he was hiding drugs.

[00:07:25]18 wraps of heroin were recovered from him.

[00:07:28]The tenant of the flat had visible injuries, including bruising and a black eye, and yet despite the evidence of abuse, he felt unable to fully support the investigation.

[00:07:36]A reality officers frequently encounter in county lines cases where victims are openly terrified about reprisals or emotionally dependent on those exploiting them.

[00:07:47]Even without his testimony, detectives uncovered deeply disturbing evidence.

[00:07:51]Messages exchanged between gang members referred openly to violent assaults on the victim, including one message boasting about breaking ribs.

[00:07:59]Videos posted by the group online showed them mocking and physically abusing him whilst laughing amongst themselves. And the phrase repeated by the gang to both men was chilling in its simplicity. This flat is ours, not yours. You are bastards.

[00:08:12]It captured the mindset of the operation perfectly.

[00:08:16]These are not homes anymore. They were occupied spaces, bases for drug dealing controlled through fear, intimidation, and violence.

[00:08:24]Investigators pieced together the network, the scale of the operation, and it became increasingly clear that Diamond Line functioned with the structure and discipline of a business.

[00:08:33]Yet beneath the organization was something profoundly chaotic and cruel, a culture in which vulnerable people are abused simply because the gang could abuse them.

[00:08:43]So, both men they were safeguarded as the investigation progressed, which is an important reminder that county lines policing increasingly focus not just on enforcement, but identifying and supporting those being exploited.

[00:08:55]So, Eskisan Alves, Postal, Biggs, and Riley all admitted to being concerned in supply of crack and heroin. And Eskisan Alves, Postal, and Biggs additionally admitted offenses relating to harassment and putting the victims in fear of violence.

[00:09:10]At sentencing, the judge spoke about the cruelty and said the conduct is persistent, it is over period of time, a prolonged period of time, and it's degrading, it's gratuitous. They didn't need to do this. They didn't need to humiliate, degrade, film, post, or terrify those two men.

[00:09:26]Her comments cut to the heart of what made the case so disturbing. The violence and humiliation was not necessary to run the drugs line. Their acts of deliberate cruelty carried out because these offenders enjoyed the sense of power they created.

[00:09:43]So guys, check these sentences out.

[00:09:45]Summit Ekisan, who's 25, got 4 years and 11 months.

[00:09:49]Friendly Postill, who's 22, got 3 years 4 months.

[00:09:53]Oliver Alves, who's 20, got 3 years.

[00:09:56]Billy Rowley was sentenced to 18 months in prison and suspended for 2 years.

[00:10:00]Leon Biggs, who's 20, was sentenced to 2 years suspended for 2 years.

[00:10:05]And each of the five offenders must abide by a 10-year restraining order prohibiting contact of any kind with either victim.

[00:10:13]Officer in the case, Detective Constable Louise Townson, said, "We're committed to tackling the supply of Class A drugs that fuels violence and exploitation in Essex and across the country.

[00:10:22]The abuse these offenders inflicted on these vulnerable men was of particularly unpleasant nature, even for the type of cocaine cases we deal with.

[00:10:30]There was only one motive behind their horrific behavior. They did it simply for their own amusement because they thought it was [ __ ] funny.

[00:10:37]The videos we found on these boys and young men flashing cash and bragging [snorts] about their lives paint an inaccurate picture of what it's like to be involved in county lines. It's a dog's life.

[00:10:46]And I hope this case showed the reality that fake bravado quickly vanishes when the real men come knocking on your door.

[00:10:54]Invading the lives of vulnerable people, squatting in their homes, and inevitably facing the day when we will come calling to arrest them. This is the reality of county lines drug dealing, and in this case, one even started crying to officers saying that he's holding drugs."

[00:11:09]So, he said, "I hope this case demonstrates that we will safeguard anyone involved in county lines with regards to county lines."

[00:11:21]So guys, here's a story coming out from the streets of the UK. It's your boy Jay-Z. Keep it locked. Keep it real.