Exclusive: Shams Sadiq says officers offered financial inducements and to turn a ‘blind eye’ to certain offences Exclusive: Shams Sadiq says officers offered financial inducements and to turn a ‘blind eye’ to certain offences A cafe owner claims police offered him financial benefits and to turn a “blind eye” to certain low-level offences if he informed on Palestine Action . Shams (his nickname) Sadiq, who owns two Manchester cafes, said the inducements were offered when he went to collect