Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary , a former member of the Surrey RCMP , was sentenced to 18 months in jail this past Thursday. The former officer admitted to accessing restricted police files to aid suspected criminals.
The $72,000 Cocaine Sting and the 59 Scripted Scenarios
The conviction of Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary was the result of a highly unusual and elaborate undercover operation conducted by the RCMP. According to the report, the police recruited Soukary as an undercover operator for a fictitious investigation targeting a non-existent drug trafficker. This operation was designed to test Soukary's integrity through a series of 59 scripted scenarios over four months, some of which paired him with a fake corrupt officer to see if he would succumb to illicit behavior.
The sting reached its peak when the RCMP provided Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary with $72,000 to purchase a kilogram of cocaine. The report says that Soukary paid $63,000 for the narcotics, pocketed the remaining balance for himself, and shared a portion of the profit with his fake partner before his eventual arrest. This financial deception served as the catalyst for the legal proceedings that followed.
Leaking Police Files to MN and AH
The investigation into Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary began in August 2020 after the RCMP received a tip and CCTV footage suggesting the officer was purchasing drugs for two suspected criminals, identified only as MN and AH. While the initial tip did not lead to drug charges, the informant warned that Soukary intended to use his official access to police databases to provide intelligence to these criminal associates once he was no longer under close supervision.
Following his arrest, a search of the phone belonging to Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary revealed multiple text messages containing confidential police information sent to MN and AH. These actions formed the basis of the breach of trust and unauthorized access charges, as the officer used sensitive government tools for purposes entirely inconsistent with his professional duties.
The Entrapment Argument and the Stayed 12 Charges
During the sentencing hearing, defense lawyers for Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary argued that the RCMP's tactics were overly aggressive and potentially crossed the line into entrapment. The defense claimed that the 59 scripted scenarios and the presence of a fake corrupt officer created an artificial environment that normalized corruption, effectively tempting the 31-year-old officer into committing crimes he might not have otherwise pursued.
Despite these arguments, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Murray B. Blok accepted a joint submission from the Crown and the defense, ruling that the 18-month sentence was necessary to maintain public confidence in the justice system. As part of the resolution, the court stayed 12 other charges against Soukary, while mandating a DNA sample and a $200 victim surcharge.
The Risk of Database Abuse in the Surrey RCMP Precinct
The case of Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary highlights a persistent vulnerability within law enforcement: the "insider threat." When officers have unsupervised access to powerful databases, the potential for that data to be weaponized by criminal organizations is high. This incident echoes broader concerns regarding the lack of real-time auditing for police queries, where a single compromised officer can jeopardize ongoing investigations or the safety of witnesses.
For the residents of Surrey and the wider B.C. community, this breach underscores the fragility of institutional trust. the fact that the RCMP had to resort to a complex, multi-month sting to prove the breach suggests that standard internal monitoring failed to catch the unauthorized access before the officer began collaborating with suspects MN and AH .
Who are MN and AH and what was leaked?
Several critical details remain misisng from the public record. the report does not identify the full names or the specific criminal activities of the associates known as MN and AH, leaving it unclear how significant their operations were or if they had other moles within the force. Furthermore, the specific nature of the "confidential police information" leaked by Dawwd Alaaeldine Soukary has not been disclosed, leaving open the question of whether active investigations were compromised.
It also remains unverified whether any other officers were involved in the leak or if Soukary acted as a lone agent for these individuals. while the RCMP's sting was successful, the full scope of the data breach's impact on local security remains an unanswered question.
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