Greater Manchester Police say former PC Andrew Talbot, who stole the drug from evidence stores, was 'irredeemably corrupt'.
The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said the force's security has been "tightened up" after an "irredeemably corrupt" officer stole cocaine valued at £400,000 from property stores.after he stole 4kg of the drug from police property rooms between 2018 and 2020.
Chief Constable Stephen Watson said he was satisfied security had improved but he added "at the heart of all these processes you do have to have trust". Officers discovered he had stuffed as much cocaine as he could fit into his pockets during visits to the property store and had then conspired to sell the drug on.He said he told the former detective he had become "hopelessly corrupted".
He said police often handled "significant quantities of drugs and cash" but the weakness was that there was "a character who could not be trusted" within the force.
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