By Stephanie Balloo

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A Birmingham prisoner died months into a 20-year jail sentence over his role in an international drug trafficking racket. Lukasz Albert Strag was imprisoned at HMP Birmingham, Winson Green, but had been moved to a palliative care suite at West Heath Hospital. The 44-year-old, who worked as a warehouse manager before he was jailed, was days from his birthday when he died on Friday, January 26 this year. His cause of death was revealed in a Birmingham Coroner’s Court hearing this month, September 4. READ MORE: Ibis hotel apology in full after ‘rat runs up leg’ of Birmingham city centre guest Strag suffered from stage 4 stomach cancer, which had spread to other parts of his body, an inquest in writing confirmed. His medical cause of death was ruled as metastatic gastric carcinoma while senior coroner Louise Hunt concluded he died from natural causes. Three months before his death, in October 2024, he had been jailed over his role in a gang dealing ‘Polish breakfasts’ – otherwise known as 5kg batches of amphetamines. Known by his alias Roztrzepany, Strag was involved in orchestrating an international narcotics network that smuggled Class A drugs from the continent into the UK. Strag was involved in trafficking substances between Poland, Spain and the Netherlands within a gang dealing in cocaine, MDMA, marijuana and speed. After his conviction, he was ordered to repay more than £1.3 million within three months. In his record of inquest released this month, Mrs Hunt said: “Mr Strag died at West Health Hospital palliative care suite on January 26, 2025 having been previously diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer. “At the time of his death he was serving time in Birmingham prison.”