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Perth, Aus­tri­alia

Perth, Octo­ber 18: Aus­tralian police have been left embar­rassed after a man stole a large quan­tity of seized drugs from a police sta­tion. More than 2,000 ecstasy pills as well as small amounts of cocaine and amphet­a­mine, with a street value of about A$27,000 ($40,000), were stolen from an exhibit room of the Maroochy­dore police sta­tion in the north­east­ern state of Queens­land, police spokesman Ben Tracey said.

A small amount of the stolen drugs has since been recov­ered but most of the drugs are still miss­ing, police said. A 36-year-old trades­man, who was given unsu­per­vised access to the room which con­tained the drugs, will be charged next week on 10 charges includ­ing drug theft.

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BYLINE: Fayen Wong
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Maroochy­dore, Perth Austrialia

PERTH (Reuters) — Australian police have been left embar­rassed after a man stole a large quan­tity of seized drugs from a police station.

More than 2,000 ecstasy pills as well as small amounts of cocaine and amphet­a­mine, with a street value of about A$27,000 ($40,000), were stolen from an exhibit room of the Maroochy­dore police sta­tion in the north­east­ern state of Queens­land, police spokesman Ben Tracey said.

A small amount of the stolen drugs has since been recov­ered but most of the drugs are still miss­ing, police said.

A 36-year-old trades­man, who was given unsu­per­vised access to the room which con­tained the drugs, will be charged next week on 10 charges includ­ing drug theft.

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“Law Enforce­ment Serv­ing the Needs of Law Enforce­ment”
www.IAPE.org