Royal Mail worker jailed after making £1.2m from stealing cannabis-filled parcels

Royal Mail worker jailed after making £1.2m from stealing cannabis-filled parcels Between 2024 to 2025, Royal Mail worker Amjad Ali, 50, admitted to relabelling parcels and arranging drug-filled parcels to be delivered to other addresses, including his home A Royal Mail worker has been jailed after police found nearly £1.2million in cash hidden in his storage locker. Between 2024 to 2025, Amjad Ali, 50, admitted to relabelling parcels and arranging drug-filled parcels to be delivered to other addresses, including his home. But on December 12 last year Thames Valley Police's Berkshire East Disruption Team carried out a series of warrants at properties linked to him. During searches of his home, vehicle and a storage facility, officers discovered £1,185,420 in cash concealed inside a storage locker. A further £42,290 was found at his home address. The haul of more than £1.2million is believed to be proceeds from the onward sale of cannabis and is understood to be the largest cash seizure ever made by Thames Valley Police. Ali was sentenced to six years and nine months after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug, theft of parcels, possessing criminal property and the possession of an offensive weapon in a private place. He 'abused his position' at a logistics centre by identifying parcels suspected of containing drugs before they underwent X-ray examination and redirecting them for his own benefit, said police. A Staffordshire Polcie spokesperson said: "We’ve launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Newcastle-under-Lyme. We were called to a collision involving a red Ford Fiesta and a grey Audi on Orme Road just after 5pm today (Friday 4 September) by colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service. "The driver of the Fiesta, a man in his 20s, was found to have injuries deemed consistent with a stab wound. He was taken to hospital, where he sadly died. His next of kin have been informed and specially-trained officers will be supporting them at this difficult time." Detective Inspector Stephen Ward said: “We are working hard to understand more about what happened leading up to the driver of the vehicle losing his life. “The investigation is still at a very early stage and we are in the process of carrying out forensic, CCTV and house-to-house enquiries to establish the circumstances. “We believe this is an isolated incident, but we’ll be increasing patrols in the area to reassure members of the local community. We are asking for anyone with any information, or anyone who saw what happened, to get in touch. “We are particularly interested in dashcam or CCTV footage in the area of Orme Road, Rotterdam and Mill Bank Place.” Get in touch by calling 101, or via Live Chat on our website, quoting incident number 638 of 4 September. To report anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. The Royal Mail told MailOnline: 'We take any criminal activity involving our network extremely seriously. We have a range of measures to protect the mail and work closely with law enforcement agencies to support criminal investigations.'