Police officer Osman Iqbal was jailed after he was exposed him as being at the centre of an organised crime group which ran brothels in exclusive areas of London 
 
 A police officer who led a secret double life as the boss of an organised crime gang was caught out by his own force bosses - after driving into work in a £170,000 Ferrari. 
 
 Osman Iqbal, 37, earned around £40,000 a year as a sergeant for West Midlands Police responding to 999 calls in Kings Heath, Birmingham. 
 
 But unbeknown to his colleagues he had links to a string of brothels and peddled class A drugs in exclusive areas of London. 
 
 Iqbal is now serving a jail sentence of seven years and two months after being imprisoned last September with seven other gang members. 
 
 His own workmates raised suspicions when Iqbal arrived for work in the £170,000 Ferrari 458 supercar and an anti-corruption team began probing his bank accounts. 
 
 A court last September heard how Iqbal was caught when the Serious and Organised Crime Unit linked him with convicted armed robber Talib Hussain, 33. 
 
 It was through him that he had access to a fleet of high end vehicles and both men and the cars were connected to to two fake businesses - City Chauffeurs Ltd and Capital Event Management. 
 
 The bank accounts of the companies were being used by the pair to launder hundreds of thousands of pounds. 
 
 Police discovered the money was coming from chip and PIN machines in Covent Garden and Marylebone in London. 
 
 Two properties were put under surveillance in a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police and they were identified as brothels. 
 
 Iqbal and Hussain and their associates Atif Hussain and Asri Hussain were involved in an elaborate scheme whereby they organised for clients to be picked up from strip bars where they would be offered drugs and women and driven back to one of the brothels. 
 
 Once there they were overcharged on their bank cards - but failed to report the crimes because of the shame of how they had been duped. 
 
 His own workmates raised suspicions when Iqbal arrived for work in the £170,000 Ferrari 458 supercar and an anti-corruption team began probing his bank accounts 
 
 On September 19 2014 he was sentenced to seven years, two months after admitting conspiracy to manage a brothel, conspiracy to possess Class A drugs with intent to supply and conspiracy to money launder. 
 
 More recently the force discovered that he had been asked by Nahiem Ajmal, a Birmingham religious leader, to get information from police computer systems on behalf of his friend Sajad Khan. 
 
 Although due to safeguarding in place he was unable to access the police log he was charged with five counts of misconduct in a public office and pleaded guilty to three counts at an earlier hearing. 
 
 He was back in court on Wednesday where he faced three new charges of misconduct in a public office. 
 
 Iqbal, of Birmingham, pleaded guilty and admitted making unauthorised attempts to access police intelligence systems while serving with West Midlands police. 
 
 Iqbal's cousins Talib Hussain, and Atif Hussain admitted conspiring to act or assist in the management of a brothel. Talib, 34, of Hodge Hill, was jailed for eight years and four months. Atif, 27, of Saltley, was jailed for four years and two months 
 
 He will be sentenced at a later date. 
 
 Chief Inspector Martin Brennan, from West Midlands Police's Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said the cars and greed gave the men away. 
 
 He said: 'This was a highly-organised and well-orchestrated criminal network but what makes it particularly reprehensible is that fact a serving police officer was at the centre of it all. 
 
 'Iqbal and his associates generated their income by running 'exclusive' brothels and peddling Class A drugs. 
 
 'For them, it was all about the money and the fast cars and they didn't care who they were exploiting and what laws they were breaking in the process. 
 
 Cousin Asri, 25, was also jailed for three years – consecutive to a ten-year sentence he received for conspiracy to commit robberies 
 
 'Their greed was their downfall and when they were seen driving around in their supercars it didn't take us long to piece together exactly what they were up to and take action. 
 
 'We constantly target networks like this and it doesn't matter who's involved, we will seek to use the full weight of the law against them.' 
 
 Iqbal's cousins, brothers Talib, Atif and Asri Hussain, admitted conspiring to act or assist in the management of a brothel. 
 
 They also pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply it at the two brothels they ran. 
 
 Iqbal, Talib and Atif Hussain admitted being involved in the conspiracy to launder the proceeds. 
 
 Talib, 34, of Hodge Hill, was jailed for eight years and four months. 
 
 Atif, 27, of Saltley, was jailed for four years and two months. 
 
 Asri, 25, of the same address, was jailed for three years – consecutive to a ten-year sentence he received for conspiracy to commit robberies. 
 
 Iqbal’s sister Raheela Ali, 44, and her husband Nassar Ali, 50, of Ilford, Essex, were also jailed after earlier being found guilty of conspiring to assist in the management of brothels and to launder the proceeds. ||||| Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email 
 
 A disgraced former West Midlands Police officer jailed for running a brothel has now been convicted of illegally trying to use force intelligence to help his friends. 
 
 Osman Iqbal, aged 37, pleaded guilty to three unrelated counts of misconduct in a public office after he made unauthorised attempts to access police systems while working in Birmingham. 
 
 Iqbal was jailed for seven years and two months in September for his part in running a sex and drugs racket said to be worth more than £1 million. 
 
 The former PC now faces a further sentence for the latest offences. 
 
 West Midlands Police said that Iqbal was asked to get information from the force by religious leader Nahiem Ajmal, on behalf of his friend Sajad Khan. 
 
 Iqbal was rumbled by the Counter Corruption Unit who were already investigating him for criminal matters and was unable to access the log. 
 
 Nahiem Ajmal, aged 35 from Bucklands Lane, Hodge Hill had denied the offence of misconduct in a public office, but was found guilty. 
 
 Sajad Khan, aged 35 from Lodge Road, Hockley was also found guilty of the same offence and both will be sentenced on 9 February. 
 
 Iqbal was originally jailed for unrelated offences, including conspiracy to manage a brothel, conspiracy to money launder and conspiracy to possess Class A drugs. 
 
 The Counter Corruption Unit began looking into Iqbal’s financial affairs after he arrived at work in a Ferrari in 2012 while working at Kings Heath police station with a team responding to 999 calls. 
 
 The Serious and Organised Crime Unit were already investigating his cousin, 33 year-old convicted armed robber Talib Hussain, who also seemed to have access to a fleet of flashy vehicles. 
 
 Inquiries connected their cars to two apparently legitimate businesses – City Chauffeurs Ltd and Capital Event Management. 
 
 It later emerged the companies were fakes and that the false bank accounts were being used by the pair to launder hundreds of thousands of pounds. 
 
 Officers then began looking into where the money was coming from and discovered that it was being transferred from transactions made on chip and PIN machines in London. 
 
 These payments were traced back to buildings in Covent Garden and Marylebone, which were then put under surveillance in a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police. 
 
 It emerged the properties being used as brothels and detectives established that Hussain and Iqbal, along with their associates, were arranging for potential clients to be picked up outside strip bars. 
 
 Men would be offered drugs and women and then driven back to one of the brothels, where they paid by card and were overcharged. 
 
 In the early hours of 14 September 2012, police carried out a series of simultaneous raids at the brothels and home addresses of those suspected to have been involved in the setup. 
 
 The Met Police helicopter watched from above as another of Iqbal’s associates, Asri Hussain, tried to get away from officers, jumping onto the roof of the building and throwing away a quantity of cocaine in the process. 
 
 He was arrested a short time later along with ten other people, all of whom were subsequently charged in April 2013. 
 
 Chief Inspector Martin Brennan, from West Midlands Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “This was a highly-organised and well-orchestrated criminal network but what makes it particularly reprehensible is that fact a serving police officer was at the centre of it all. 
 
 “Iqbal and his associates generated their income by running ‘exclusive’ brothels and peddling Class A drugs. For them, it was all about the money and the fast cars and they didn’t care who they were exploiting and what laws they were breaking in the process. 
 
 “Their greed was their downfall and when they were seen driving around in their super-cars it didn’t take us long to piece together exactly what they were up to and take action. We constantly target networks like this and it doesn’t matter who’s involved, we will seek to use the full weight of the law against them.” 
 
 Inspector Tracey McGrath, from the Counter Corruption Unit, said: “The vast majority of West Midlands Police officers and staff are honest, hard-working people who are dedicated to upholding the law and passionate, committed and proud of the work they do. 
 
 “But occasionally there are people who disgracefully betray the public and even their own colleagues by exploiting their status for their own gain. Let me reassure people, that my counter corruption team are on to people like Iqbal and there’s nowhere for them to hide. 
 
 “Where officers and staff fall short of the standards we expect, we will always take action. In this case we’ll be looking to seize all the assets Iqbal acquired as a result of his criminal activity and his police pension too.” ||||| Image copyright West Midlands Police Image caption Police colleagues became suspicious about Osman Iqbal's wealth when he arrived at work in a Ferrari 
 
 A policeman with a sideline as a gangster involved in prostitution and drugs was brought to justice after driving a £170,000 Ferrari to work. 
 
 Osman Iqbal, who was an officer based in Birmingham, was jailed in September for seven years for running a brothel. 
 
 Iqbal, 37, whose crimes can only now be reported in full for the first time, was in court again on Wednesday, when he admitted three misconduct offences. 
 
 Ch Insp Martin Brennan said Iqbal's "greed had been his downfall". 
 
 The crooked policeman's double life as a gangster was unveiled as a result of his decision to drive the Ferrari to Kings Heath police station. 
 
 Colleagues became suspicious and West Midlands Police's counter-corruption unit began investigating. 
 
 When they were seen driving around in their supercars it didn't take us long to piece together exactly what they were up to Ch Insp Martin Brennan 
 
 Officers discovered Iqbal, from Ward End, had bank accounts for two non-existent businesses that were being used to launder "hundreds of thousands of pounds" from brothels in the Covent Garden and Marylebone areas of London. 
 
 During their investigations, detectives also found Iqbal had attempted to access police intelligence systems. 
 
 Iqbal was asked by Nahiem Ajmal, a Birmingham religious leader, to obtain information on behalf of Sajad Khan, West Midlands Police said. 
 
 It was for these crimes that Iqbal appeared in court on Wednesday, admitting three counts of misconduct in public office. Ajmal and Khan were both convicted of the same offence. 
 
 The lifting of restrictions means it can now be reported that Iqbal is already serving a seven-year sentence. 
 
 He was jailed in September along with other gang members after admitting conspiracy to run a brothel, conspiracy to launder money and possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply. 
 
 Ch Insp Brennan, from the serious and organised crime unit, said: "Their greed was their downfall and when they were seen driving around in their supercars it didn't take us long to piece together exactly what they were up to and take action." 
 
 Insp Tracey McGrath said: "Occasionally there are people who disgracefully betray the public and even their own colleagues by exploiting their status for their own gain. 
 
 "Let me reassure people that my counter-corruption team are on to people like Iqbal and there's nowhere for them to hide. 
 
 "In this case we'll be looking to seize all the assets Iqbal acquired as a result of his criminal activity and his police pension too." 
 
 Ajmal, 35, from Bucklands Lane in Hodge Hill, and Khan, also 35, from Lodge Road in Hockley, are due to be sentenced along with Iqbal for misconduct in public office on 9 February.
– Police officer Osman Iqbal of Birmingham, England, had lucrative sidelines in drugs, prostitution, and money laundering—and he might have gotten away with it for longer if he hadn't started driving a $250,000 Ferrari to his day job. After the officer, who made roughly $60,000 a year, according to the Daily Mail, starting driving the supercar to the police station where he was based, colleagues became suspicious. Anti-corruption investigators discovered the 37-year-old sergeant had been making hundreds of thousands of dollars from brothels located in two parts of London, the BBC reports. The Birmingham Mail reports on how Iqbal and his partners operated: Drugs and sex were offered to men outside strip clubs; those who were interested were then taken via car to a brothel, where their credit cards were overcharged. "Their greed was their downfall, and when they were seen driving around in their supercars, it didn't take us long to piece together exactly what they were up to and take action," a police spokesman says of Iqbal and his associates. Iqbal was sentenced to seven years in prison in September, but reporting restrictions on the case were only lifted this week after he was found guilty on unrelated charges of making unauthorized attempts to access police intelligence systems on behalf of a local religious leader. Police say they're going to try to seize the assets Iqbal gained through criminal activity, as well as his police pension. (In another corruption case, a Porsche-driving Apple exec was jailed and fined $4.5 million last month.)