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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 sen

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