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;