Corrupt copper helped crime gang nick £850k by 'confiscating' cash handovers from rivals
dailystar.co.ukMetropolitan Police officer would turn up to cash handovers to confiscate funds from his gang's rivals while in uniform.Kashif Mahmood dressed in his uniform and used marked and unmarked police cars to confiscate “significant quantities of criminal cash” from rival gangs as it was being exchanged, PA reports.Southwark Crown Court heard that the 32-year-old from Essex was a member of a “highly lucrative” operation that seized at least £850,000 from other criminals.Sentencing Mahmood, Judge David Tomlinson said the corrupt copper “abused his position of power, trust and responsibility” and his actions exploited his colleagues in the force.Judge Tomlinson added that the criminal couriers were also put in harm’s way, as they would not have been.
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