Two Royal Mail workers have been accused of stealing £750,000 from packages and sending the cash to Pakistan. Mehdi Raza, 38, and Zafran Mahmood, 34, allegedly stole the money between January 2023 and September 2024.
The men, who were agency workers at the Royal Mail in Glasgow's Dennistoun, allegedly stole from special delivery parcels containing mobile phones and £750,000 in cash. Raza is also alleged to have been found in possession of £159,842 of criminal property at his home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire.
Another charge heard at Glasgow Sheriff Court said both men concealed, transferred and removed criminal property from Scotland. They are accused of repeatedly transferring money between one another as well as from Scotland to Pakistan.
The pair told Barclays Bank that property in Pakistan and two cars had been sold at a value greater than they had in an effort to conceal the source of the money. Mahmood, from Knightswood, Glasgow, and Raza pleaded not guilty to the charges. A further hearing will take place next month.
