UKJCW, London — A 34-year-old woman from Bradford has been jailed for 21 years and six months after admitting her role in a large-scale organised crime group (OCG) that smuggled heroin from Pakistan to the United Kingdom and distributed it nationwide.
Sidrah Nosheen, who outwardly appeared to live an unremarkable life in a suburban home on Woodside Road in Wyke, Bradford, was arrested in June 2024. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers discovered her back bedroom had been converted into a heroin processing facility. They seized 85 kilograms of the Class A drug — valued at an estimated £8.5 million on the street — hidden in various bags, along with scales, buckets, tools, and a wallpaper pasting table used for repackaging.
The heroin was concealed in clothing items such as leather jackets and delivered to Nosheen's property, where she removed it and prepared it in one-kilogram deal bags for onward supply to contacts across the UK. Phone evidence uncovered hundreds of messages between Nosheen and an accomplice in Pakistan discussing the logistics of supplying heroin to Britain. Investigators also found that she had distributed multi-kilo consignments domestically and, on one occasion, collected £250,000 in cash for the OCG from a criminal associate in Bradford.
Nosheen initially faced trial at Bradford Crown Court but changed her plea to guilty, admitting conspiracy to supply heroin and conspiracy to import heroin. She was sentenced on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.Rick MacKenzie, NCA senior investigating officer, described Nosheen as central to the operation: "To outward appearances, Sidrah Nosheen lived an unremarkable life in Bradford. But the truth is that she was at the centre of a plot to move large amounts of heroin around the country, dealing in the addiction and death that are inseparable from the Class A drugs trade. She didn’t give a second’s thought to the damage heroin wreaks on society — she was solely interested in making money."
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The case highlights the ongoing issue of heroin smuggling routes from Pakistan to the UK, often concealed in everyday items like clothing. Official NCA statements and court reports describe Nosheen as a key player in the OCG, but make no mention of any political affiliations.
Claims circulating on social media and certain YouTube channels suggesting that Nosheen was a member of Pakistan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have not been substantiated in any official reports, court documents, or mainstream news coverage from sources including the NCA, BBC, or other outlets. Broader allegations of connections between Pakistani political groups (including PTI), militant organisations like the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and drug trafficking networks remain unproven in relation to this specific case and are often based on anecdotal or historical assertions rather than verified evidence tied to Nosheen.
The NCA continues to work internationally to disrupt such supply chains, emphasising the devastating impact of heroin on communities. Nosheen's conviction serves as a significant blow to one such network operating between Pakistan and the UK.
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