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Police officer from Essex stole £850k of criminal cash while pretending to do his job A police officer seized at least £850,000 in “criminal cash” under the pretence of doing his job, a court was told. Kashif Mahmood, 32, was “at the heart” of a “highly lucrative organised crime group”, Southwark Crown Court heard on Wednesday. The court heard Mahmood, of Harlow, Essex, dressed in his Metropolitan Police uniform and used marked and unmarked police vehicles to travel to locations where he knew “significant quantities of criminal cash” would be exchanged. He attempted to seize the cash under the pretence of the “lawful exercise of his powers”, and was assisted twice by co-defendant Ioan Gherghel, who pretended to be a fellow officer. ....
Police officer from Essex stole £850k of criminal cash while pretending to do his job A police officer seized at least £850,000 in “criminal cash” under the pretence of doing his job, a court was told. Kashif Mahmood, 32, was “at the heart” of a “highly lucrative organised crime group”, Southwark Crown Court heard on Wednesday. The court heard Mahmood, of Harlow, Essex, dressed in his Metropolitan Police uniform and used marked and unmarked police vehicles to travel to locations where he knew “significant quantities of criminal cash” would be exchanged. He attempted to seize the cash under the pretence of the “lawful exercise of his powers”, and was assisted twice by co-defendant Ioan Gherghel, who pretended to be a fellow officer. ....
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex (Top left to right) Kashif Mahmood, Shabaz Khan, Maria Shah, Ioan Gherghel, Shazad Khan, Mohsin Khan. Photos: Met Police A former Metropolitan Police officer who used his position to help an organised gang seize money from other criminals has been jailed for eight years. Kashif Mahmood, 32, of Woodcroft, in Harlow, dressed in his uniform and used marked and unmarked police cars to travel to locations where the gang knew “significant quantities of criminal cash” would be exchanged, and took it himself while pretending to be doing his duties. ....