Sgt Steven Smith claimed he was doing an undercover 'test' after a bag of powder was confiscated.
An off-duty police sergeant tried to trick a doorman into handing back a packet of cocaine he had confiscated from the officer's friend, a misconduct panel heard.
Mr Smith resigned ahead of a misconduct hearing but was found guilty of gross misconduct and would have been sacked had he remained on the force. He claimed he had been playing drinking games with friends which involved a forfeit of salt being poured into the loser's drink, and that he believed the packet contained salt his friend had brought for the game.
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