Six members of a Glasgow drugs gang have been jailed for more than 44 years after police uncovered a dial-a-drug operation that advertised its drugs to thousands of customers. The final member of the group, Azad Hussain, was sentenced to four years in prison at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday 10 November, following a trial. The other five men had been convicted and sentenced at earlier hearings, completing a case that began with an investigation in early 2022. ## Operation Arachnoid sentences The sentences handed down were eight years and three months for Ryan Carvil, eight years for Adeal Iqbal, eight years and ten months for Saad Qayyum, nine years for Ajaydeep Singh, six years and four months for Muhammed Hanif, and four years for Hussain. Carvil, Qayyum and Singh were also given Serious Crime Prevention Orders lasting three years, to begin after their release. Detectives from Police Scotland's Greater Glasgow Division recovered mobile phones linked to drug-selling lines, and text messages were sent to thousands of numbers that had contacted the devices used by the gang. The men supplied cocaine, ecstasy, etizolam and ketamine. ## Luxury lifestyle funded by drug dealing The group flaunted its earnings from luxury accommodation in the United Arab Emirates and spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on supercars, watches and jewellery, according to [Glasgow Times](https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/26720050.six-glasgow-drug-gang-members-jailed-44-years/). The earlier sentences for four of the men were also reported by [The Oldham Times](https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/national/25894297.four-men-funded-extravagant-lifestyles-drug-dealing-operation-jailed/), which described a dial-a-drug operation worth about £100,000 a month. Detective Inspector Tom Carey, who led the investigation, said police were committed to targeting organised crime groups. "Illegal drugs are not welcome in our communities and stemming this wicked trade remains a priority for us," he said. "The six men will now face the consequences of their illegal actions in prison."