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Three former Metropolitan
Police detectives had deep ties to the criminal underworld, selling illicit
drugs on a mass scale with apparent impunity, a leaked internal Met report
reveals.
The officers, who
abandoned Scotland Yard to open a private investigation firm, were thought to
have seized tens of thousands of ecstasy pills from British criminals only to
sell the drugs on the black market. The damning allegations were contained in a
covert file, seen by the Independent, which was reportedly created by officials
in Scotland Yard's anti-corruption division.
The report, conducted in
2000, stated the Met officers in question had carefully cultivated links to
London’s criminal underworld - populated by hardened drug barons, street
criminals and drug traffickers.
Despite the incriminating
information contained in the document, Scotland Yard allegedly confirmed on
Wednesday that the three ex-detectives never faced prosecution. Yet a Met
spokeswoman contradicted this claim on Friday, saying the men had been
investigated and charged but were subsequently acquitted.
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