Probe targets cops over missing drugs
Evidence was stored in BPD warehouse
The Boston Herald | Saturday, January 5, 2008 By: O’Ryan Johnson
Some 700 bags of drugs are missing from a Hyde Park evidence warehouse, a 14-month-long audit has revealed, and now police have launched a criminal probe into officers who had access to the facility.
The audit found that, in addition to the missing drugs, someone had tampered with another 265 evidence bags, in some cases replacing prescription narcotics with aspirin tablets.
The scandal creates a nightmare legal scenario for prosecutors and could be a ticket to sentence reduction and early release for repeat offenders, said criminal defense lawyers.
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