A former Greater Manchester Police officer has been jailed after using confidential police systems to help her drug-dealing boyfriend and people associated with organised crime.
Tubah Hamid, 25, who worked as a constable in the Tameside area, was sentenced to three years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday.
Hamid had been in a relationship with a man described in court as a well-established Class A drug dealer linked to an organised crime group in Rochdale.
An investigation found she used police systems to access confidential information without a legitimate policing purpose and passed intelligence to him.
Helped Boyfriend Check For Police Surveillance
The investigation uncovered messages from April 2022 in which Hamid’s partner expressed concern that he was being watched by police.
Hamid provided him with advice about changing his routes in an effort to establish whether he was under surveillance.
Analysis of police systems also showed that between October 2021 and March 2022 she searched for four individuals.
At least two were contacted by Hamid shortly afterwards despite there being no apparent legitimate policing reason for the searches.
Called In Sick Before Getting Into Dealer’s Car
On June 16, 2022, Hamid was seen getting into her partner’s vehicle after calling in sick from work.
The car was later involved in a cocaine deal that day.
Hamid was also present at her boyfriend’s address when officers executed a warrant and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder and participation in the activities of an organised crime group.
The court heard she did not tell officers at the scene that she was a serving police officer.
Judge Gary Woodhall said Hamid misled police about her relationship with and knowledge of the man who had just been arrested.
He said she then attempted to contact a number of criminals associated with him.
“There was a degree of desperation in these messages,” the judge said.
“You were attempting to contact a number of those criminals associated with your partner. You accessed his police files when next on duty.”
Investigation Began In 2022
Suspicions about Hamid’s conduct were raised in January 2022.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct directed an investigation which was carried out by Greater Manchester Police’s Anti-Corruption Unit.
Investigators found that between December 2021 and June 2022, Hamid shared confidential intelligence without lawful justification.
She was eventually charged with three counts of misconduct in public office, causing the transmission of an image or sound from inside a prison through electronic communications and four computer misuse offences.
The computer misuse charges related to unlawfully accessing police information and providing information to people associated with organised crime.
Hamid made no comment when interviewed and did not give evidence during her trial.
She was found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court on July 9.
Hamid Cries As She Is Jailed
Hamid wiped her eyes with a tissue in the dock as she was sentenced on September 16.
A woman sitting in the public gallery was also seen crying.
Judge Woodhall rejected Hamid’s attempt to place some responsibility on the quality of her training.
He said: “Whatever the quality of training, you must have known the criminality you were assisting and you were a police officer.”
The judge accepted that Hamid had faced personal stress linked to her family’s religious beliefs and expectations, but said her actions had been deliberate.
He told her: “These were deliberate, conscious acts, no doubt borne out of a desire to prioritise him over your professional duties.”
‘Gross Breach Of Trust’
Judge Woodhall said the public was entitled to see police officers punished when they abused positions of trust.
He took into account Hamid’s age at the time, limited maturity and previous good character.
However, he said: “This was a gross breach of trust, even if it was, in part, borne out of immaturity and a desire to grow the relationship.
“You betrayed the trust placed in you as a police officer in favour of him, rather than protecting the public.”
He said the offending required an immediate custodial sentence.
IOPC Calls Conduct ‘Audacious, Corrupt And Criminal’
IOPC Director of Engagement Amanda Rowe described Hamid’s behaviour as “audacious, corrupt and criminal”.
She said Hamid had used her position to assist criminal activity rather than tackle it and described her actions as a complete betrayal of public trust.
The IOPC said the evidence pointed towards an isolated case of police corruption on this scale.
Dismissed From Greater Manchester Police
Hamid had already been dismissed from Greater Manchester Police under accelerated procedures in August 2025.
Detective Superintendent Dave Jones, from GMP’s Professional Standards Directorate, said the case had been thoroughly investigated by the force’s Anti-Corruption Unit.
He said Hamid’s actions represented a serious breach of the standards expected of police officers and damaged public confidence.
“No police officer is above the law,” he said.
“Those who abuse their position for personal reasons or seek to assist individuals involved in serious criminality should expect to face the full consequences of their actions.”
