Protip for bent officers: don’t drive to your day job in $250,000 cars.
Ch Insp Martin Brennan said [Osman] 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. 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.
Recall Goodfellas:
We See a new pink caddy convertible. The sticker is still
in the window.FAT LOUIE
Is that beautiful? I got it for
Dolores.JIMMY
(whispering angrily)
You fucking nuts? Didn't I say not
to go buy anything for a while?
You got a fucking car?FAT LOUIE
Don't get excited. It's okay. My
mother bought it for us. It's a
wedding present. It's in her name.JIMMY
You're crazy. The bulls are across
the street. They're watching
everything we do.