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Two Men Charged Over £750k Royal Mail Heist to Pakistan

5/21/2026

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Mehdi Raza and Zafran Mahmood have been charged with stealing £750,000 from Royal Mail parcels containing phones and cash and sending the money to Pakistan.
Police seized £159,842 of assets at Mehdi Raza’s Mearns home on 16 September 2024.
Prosecutors say they misled Barclays Bank by falsifying Pakistani property sale values, pleading not guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on theft, fraud and criminal-property charges.

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Mehdi Raza and Zafran Mahmood have been charged with stealing £750,000 from Royal Mail parcels containing phones and cash and sending the money to Pakistan.
Police seized £159,842 of assets at Mehdi Raza’s Mearns home on 16 September 2024.
Prosecutors say they misled Barclays Bank by falsifying Pakistani property sale values, pleading not guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on theft, fraud and criminal-property charges.