Lynx gang

The Lynx Gang (sometimes known as The Lynx Crew) is a Birmingham-based gang that was founded in the 1970s, initially to protect the British Pakistani community (most notably of Mirpuri, from white power skinheads. Later, the gang transformed into a violent criminal gang. It included serious criminals and drug users.

Lynx gang
Founding locationSparkhill, Birmingham, England
TerritoryBirmingham
EthnicityMostly British kashmiri pakistani (Mirpuri)
MembershipMore than 2000
Criminal activitiesMurder, Arson, Extortion, fraud, drug trafficking, vandalism, robbery
RivalsBurger Bar Boys

The gang was founded in the Small Heath area of the city, but later spread to the Birmingham boroughs Lozells, Handsworth, Birmingham, Sparkbrook, and Aston. Moazzem Begg is an ex-member of the gang.[1]

References

  1. Moazzem Begg Interview, Liverpool's The Nerve, Spring 2007
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