Cop seized money for drugs gang

A corrupt cop has admitted being paid £35,000 to intercept money being passed between drugs gangs. PC Kashif Mahmood, 31, admitted conspiring to acquire criminal property and misconduct in a public office when he appeared at Southwark Crown Court. He appeared in court alongside Ioan Gherghel, 33, who is yet to enter a plea to conspiracy to acquire criminal property. Peter Ratliff, prosecuting, said: ‘This is a complex investigation into very large scale movement of drugs and laundering of criminal…