SHAME SHAME
DRIVER BUSTED IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER PASSENGERS DEBUNK HIS “GROUP OF FRIENDS” LIE
A driver was caught operating illegally in Birmingham city centre after his own passengers blew his cover to the police. Traffic officers pulled over Mohammed Ramzan late at night on Corporation Street after noticing that his vehicle was acting suspiciously while picking up fares. When confronted, Ramzan tried to laugh off the situation, confidently claiming he was simply “dropping off a group of friends after a night out.”
However, his story quickly un- ravelled. When officers quest- ioned the pas- sengers separ- ately, the con- fused riders admitted they had never seen Ramzan before in their lives and had hailed the car believing it was a legitimate taxi. A police search of his home later uncovered an official council letter
confirming that Wolverhampton council had already stripped away his PH driver credentials due to previous compliance failures. Ramzan was prosecuted for driving without insurance and operating a PHV without a licence. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court hit him with a hefty financial penalty, court costs, and added six penalty points to his driving record. Magistrates strongly condemned his actions, slamming his “reckless disregard” for public safety.
BRADFORD PH BOSS LOSES LICENCE AFTER HOUSE CONVERTED INTO £210,000 CANNABIS FARM
A Bradford man has had his private hire operator’s
licence stripped
away after allowing a property he owned to be transformed into a large-scale cannabis factory. The decision was made by Bradford Council’s licensing panel following a police raid that uncovered a sophisticated illegal
drug cultivation setup inside the house. Authorities confirmed the farm contained a massive yield of cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of c. £210,000. During the investigation, it was revealed the property’s electricity supply had been dangerously bypassed to power the specialised
DRUG DRIVING CABBIE AVOIDS JAIL FOLLOWING M6 MOTORWAY CRASH
A taxi driver has avoided immediate prison after a drug- fuelled M6 crash left his passenger hospitalised. Jake Bland, 36, was caught driving a “significant distance” while nearly three times the legal limit for a cocaine metabolite. Court records show
the motorway
collision was caused by Bland’s “bad driving.”
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He also admitted to being double the drink-driving limit during a separate incident at a school car park.
At South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court, Bland was handed a 14- week sentence, suspended for two years. He was also ordered to complete 120 days of alcohol monitoring and pay £854 in costs and surcharges.
heating and lighting equipment required to grow the drugs. Police highlighted that this tampering created a severe fire hazard and risk to the neighbouring residents. The Leap Taxis boss, who is responsible for a business operating 100 drivers in the district, claimed he had simply rented out the house to tenants and was unaware of the illegal activities taking place inside. However,
licensing officials
rejected the explanation, ruling he was no longer a “fit and proper person” to hold a taxi licence due to the scale of the criminal operation tied to his property. A spokesperson for the council stated that “the operator failed to meet the high standards of accountability required” to hold such a position of trust within the community,
leading to the
immediate revocation of the company’s operating licence.
JULY 2026 PHTM
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