Drug squad needs 'putting down': ombudsman
March 5 2002
Victoria's police ombudsman Barry Perry said today he was sick and tired of muck-ups in the drug squad which he likened to a racehorse that needed putting down.
His comments follow the disappearance of secret police telephone intercept records from a locked strongroom in the police drug squad headquarters.
The documents, which included call summaries and an index of calls monitored by police during the investigation involving disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser, could implicate people in drug dealing, according to the Herald Sun newspaper.
"In my position, one can get sick and tired of muck-ups down at the drug squad and even more serious matters that's emanated there over the last 10 years," Dr Perry told ABC radio.
"It is just another in a long line of incidents, and anything that occurs in the drug squad as far as I'm concerned is a serious incident." ...
Full article at:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/05/1014705040500.html
Umm... The Age is quoting The Herald-Sun... what next?
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