Serving Magistrate Assisted Southall Drug Kingpin

'Harry Singh' jailed for being central figure in organised crime group

Hardeep Thind (Harry Singh) being read his rights at the time of his arrest . Picture: Met Police

A man Southall has been jailed for twelve years and six months after a major Metropolitan Police investigation exposed him as the ringleader of a west London drugs network.

Hardeep Thind, aged 48 of Wentworth Road, also known as Harry Singh, was identified as the central figure in a sophisticated operation that supplied heroin and crack cocaine across London between October 2024 and July 2025. Despite serving a seventeen-year sentence for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession of a Skorpion submachine gun, Thind continued to direct the network from inside an open prison using a mobile phone.

After his release in October 2024, he expanded the operation, recruiting dealers in Hayes and Southall and maintaining contact with all key members. Phone data, surveillance and forensic evidence revealed that Thind coordinated multiple drug lines worth more than £100,000.

The investigation began in January 2024 when officers identified a highly active drugs line known as “Hadi.” Analysis of call data showed Thind as the hub of a wider network. He was later found to have resumed control of the line after his release, directing supply and managing couriers.

The network also involved Purshotam Dhillon, 59, a serving magistrate at the time of his arrest, who stored drugs and cash; Bikramjit Brar, 46, who distributed drugs on Thind’s behalf; and Leandrea Lynch, 49, who acted as a runner. Dhillon was sentenced to seven years, Brar to three years and four months, and Lynch received a two-year, six-month suspended sentence.

Detectives built the case through extensive analysis of phone downloads, call records and forensic evidence. Voice notes found on Thind’s phone referred to him as “the plug,” a term used for high-level suppliers. Forensic links tied him directly to heroin recovered from a vehicle he controlled, and a rare cutting tool found during multiple seizures connected him to the supply chain.

On 1 July 2025, officers executed coordinated warrants across west London, arresting all four defendants and seizing heroin, crack cocaine, cash, packaging materials, scales, mobile phones and transaction lists. The total street value of drugs seized was around £174,000.

All four were charged on 3 July 2025 with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. Thind and Brar pleaded guilty; Dhillon and Lynch were convicted by unanimous jury verdicts in May 2025. Thind’s sentence also included an offence of dangerous driving.

Detective Inspector Mark Gavin from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said the case demonstrated that no one is above the law and that those who engage in criminality will be held accountable.

Hardeep Thind (Harry Singh). Picture: Met Police

The Met continues to prioritise operations targeting organised drug supply, which it links to violence, exploitation and wider criminality. Last year, officers disrupted serious and organised crime groups more than twenty-one thousand times, a sixty-three per cent increase on the previous year.