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A corrupt trainee police officer has been expelled from the force and banned for life after she passed on confidential information to her drug dealer boyfriend.
Maryam Ilyas accessed West Yorkshire Police computers while training as an officer, seeking out confidential details about her boyfriend, according to the service. Between March and May 2025, the 20-year-old searched the systems three times for information about the unnamed man, subsequently informing him that he was the target of an ongoing undercover criminal operation.
The police didn't uncover her connection to the unnamed drug dealer until several months after her initial breach in June, when they discovered that the pair had been exchanging messages about money and drugs. The tribunal heard the criminal had sent images showing a "large amount of money" to the former trainee, and that the two had discussed drug dealing. She was found to have given him confidential information and pictures about the police operation, and shown him his profile on the force's systems.
The hearing, at the force's headquarters, was told that Ilyas, who joined West Yorkshire Police in June 2024, had failed to notify the force of her links to the man during the vetting process when she was recruited. However, when the man was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of dealing drugs, messages on his mobile phone linked him to Ms Ilyas.
It was later found that Ms Ilyas had used police computer systems to search for details about the man on three occasions between March and May 2025 without operational reasons to do so. The tribunal heard that the criminal had sent pictures of a "large amount of money" to Ms Ilyas and discussed drug dealing.
She was found to have passed confidential information and images about a police operation to him and shown him his profile on the force's systems. It was said that when interviewed, Ms Ilyas claimed to have separated from the man in January 2025 and that she was "unaware of his history", though the tribunal concluded this was a lie.
Deputy Chief Constable Hankinson stated that the officer's conduct was "repeated", "sustained" and "intentional", adding it was a "disservice to the public and to her colleagues".
Ilyas was ultimately found to have committed gross misconduct. She initially denied any wrongdoing in the case, telling The Sun she was a "student officer" who was new to the job. She said: "I was a student officer. I was really new to all this and I feel like I was expected to know everything straight away."
Ilyas later admitted the allegations, which included failing to declare the relationship with the dealer on her police vetting form, and was banned from policing for life.
West Yorkshire PC gave information to criminal partner - tribunal
Maryam Ilyas' links to the man were exposed when he was arrested for suspected drug dealing in July.
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Cop, 20, banned for life after she's caught out with her criminal boyfriend
Maryam Ilyas was training with West Yorkshire Police when she accessed confidential systems
