Ex-Greater Manchester Police officer Andrew Talbot is accused of taking the drugs from police storage.
Ex-Greater Manchester Police officer Andrew Talbot is accused of taking the drugs from a police evidence store
The 54-year-old has been accused of taking four kilograms of cocaine from a police evidence store, before illegally accessing data to search for drug dealers in his local area. He said despite Mr Talbot denying supplying the cocaine, he had admitted to stealing it in the first place and to accessing the computer system to search for known or suspected drug dealers in his local area.He has also admitted conspiring with convicted drug dealer Keith Bretherton by using his position as a police officer to help him recover a drug debt.
He also denies misconduct in a public office by accessing intelligence information about known or suspected drug dealers in the Greater Manchester area between May 2018 and February 2020. An investigation began after the drug wrap was found and he was searched at work when officers also found further cocaine on him and in his car, the court heard.“The cocaine seized from those operations was re-weighed by the forensic science service and just under four kilograms - 3.943kg - was missing from the relevant exhibit bags.
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