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The Cop Who Committed A (Nearly) Perfect Crime
Policeman Kashif Mahmood stopped criminal money mules and seized drugs money — but he was freelancing.
A definition of the perfect crime might be one where no one but the criminal even realises that someone has even committed any crime.
These crimes did not meet that definition, but they came a pretty close second: How about a hold up where the victims will never report the crime to the authorities, so no one will ever be looking for the perpetrator?
Kashif Mahmood was one of the 31,000 or so officers in London’s Metropolitan Police: His wife was also a serving officer in the same Police Force. Joining at age 21, Mahmood had had a reasonable service, ten years in and having been recognised for bravery. There has been a complaint against him, but he had been allowed to remain as a serving officer. If his colleagues noticed he had a bit more cash than they expected, some fancy wristwatches and that he took ritzy holidays, no one seems to have said anything. However, there was more going on than met the eye.
Mahmood was working hand-in-glove with a criminal gang who were dealing drugs. But he was not involved in any stage of their drugs operation; they were using him for a different scam completely.
