Royal Mail worker hid £1.2m after selling cannabis he stole from parcels
A Royal Mail employee raked in over £1.2m from stealing parcels containing drugs before being jailed.
Amjad Ali, 50, was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison at Reading Crown Court on Thursday, September 3, after a police investigation brought his scheme to an end.
Ali, from Slough, utilised his role working in a Royal Mail logistics centre to direct packages he suspected of containing drugs to himself.
However, his criminal enterprise was exposed when officers raided three locations linked to him at the end of 2025.
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Ali worked for a Royal Mail site in Slough and identified parcels he believed contained drugs before they went for x-ray examination.
He then dishonestly took the parcels and re-labelled them to be delivered to alternative addresses, including his own.
Ali did this a number of times over a year between 2024 and 2025, but officers from the Berkshire East Disruptions Team executed warrants on his home, car and a storage facility on December 12, 2025, uncovering a dragon's hoard of cash.
£1,185,420 was discovered in his storage locker and another £42,290 at his home address. All of it in cash.
Thames Valley Police say the money is understood to be the proceeds from the onward sale of cannabis, though it was not revealed how Ali first came under police suspicion.
Ali was charged on December 13 and subsequently pleaded guilty to one count each of: being concerned in the supply of class B drugs, namely cannabis, theft of parcels, possessing criminal property and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place.
What's been said on Amjad Ali's crimes
Investigating officer, PC Filippo Brancato, said: "Ali thought he had found a lucrative way to exploit his role at Royal Mail, but today's sentence shows that crime does not pay.
"Our investigation uncovered more than £1.2 million in cash linked to his offending, the biggest cash seizure we as Thames Valley Police have made, highlighting the significant profits he generated through his criminal enterprise.
"Money seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act will be reinvested into policing and community initiatives, helping us continue to disrupt criminal activity and bring offenders to justice.
"We will continue to target those who facilitate the drugs trade and ensure they are held accountable for their actions.”
A Royal Mail spokesperson told LADbible: The safety and security of the mail is a top priority and we take any criminal activity involving our network extremely seriously.
‘We have a range of measures in place to protect the mail and work closely with law enforcement agencies to support criminal investigations."
Daniel Murphy