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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Of mice and marijuana: (From our "when you think you've seen it all' department)..."Eight police officers in Argentina, including a former town police commissioner, have been dismissed from their posts after four of them claimed that more than half a ton of missing marijuana was carried off by mice, The Guardian reported Wednesday."


PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Specia and three of his subordinates were called before a judge, and all of them told the same story: the missing marijuana had been “eaten by mice. That explanation didn’t fly with forensics experts, who testified that mice wouldn’t have mistaken marijuana for food — and if they had done so, “a lot of corpses would have been found in the warehouse,” a spokesperson for Judge Adrián González Charvay told The Guardian."

STORY: "Argentina cops who claimed mice ate missing marijuana are fired, report says," published by The Sky on July 10, 2018. (With reference to a report from The Guardian.)

GIST:  "Eight police officers in Argentina, including a former town police commissioner, have been dismissed from their posts after four of them claimed that more than half a ton of missing marijuana was carried off by mice, The Guardian reported Wednesday. The paper reported that police in the town of Pilar, about 35 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, impounded 6,000 kilograms (13,228 pounds) of marijuana. But when police inspected the evidence warehouse sometime later, they found that 540 kilograms (1,190 pounds) were missing. During their investigation, officers found that former police commissioner Javier Specia had not signed the inventory for the pot before he left his post in April 2017. Specia and three of his subordinates were called before a judge, and all of them told the same story: the missing marijuana had been “eaten by mice. That explanation didn’t fly with forensics experts, who testified that mice wouldn’t have mistaken marijuana for food — and if they had done so, “a lot of corpses would have been found in the warehouse,” a spokesperson for Judge Adrián González Charvay told The Guardian. Specia and three of his officers must testify before the judge next month to help determine whether the weed vanished, in the spokesperson’s words, “by connivance of negligence.”"

The entire story can be read at the link below:
https://www.thesky24.com/2018/07/10/argentina-cops-who-claimed-mice-ate-missing-marijuana-are-fired-report-says/

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;
 












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Two Blogs Now: The Charles Smith Blog; The Selfless Warriors Blog: I created the Charles Smith Blog in 2007 after I retired from The Toronto Star to permit me to keep digging into the story of the flawed pathologist and the harm he had done to so many innocent parents and caregivers, and to Ontario’s criminal justice system. Since then it has taken new directions, including examinations of other flawed pathologists, flawed pathology, and flawed science and technology which has marred the quality of justice in courtrooms around the world. On International Wrongful Conviction Day in 2024, I was thrilled to have the Blog recognized by Innocence Canada, when I was presented with the, "Rubin Hurricane Carter Champion of Justice Award." The heart of the Blog is my approach to following cases which raise issues in all of these areas - especially those involving the death penalty. I have dedicated 'The Selfless Warrior Blog’ (soon to appear) to those exceptional individuals who have been ripped out of their ordinary lives by their inability to stand by in the face of a glaring miscarriage of justice. They are my ’Selfless Warriors.’ Enjoy!
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