Former cops faked drugs busts, court told

[Shithappens]

October 24, 2006 12:15pm

 

TWO former police officers staged a fake drug bust during a $120,000 speed deal so that they could on-sell the drugs, a Sydney court was told today.

 

A witness known only as APW2 said former NSW police officer Samuel John Foster had asked him to organise the purchase of 1kg from a dealer in Enfield in southwest Sydney in September 2002.

 

Mr Foster, 41, and former Victorian police officer James Anthony McCabe would stage a drug bust during the deal and the men would split the drugs among themselves, APW2 told Downing Centre Local Court today.

 

"He (Mr Foster) said he would make it look like a drugs bust and I would be arrested," he said.

 

"He would fix the paperwork for me ... and let the supplier go and we would split the money."

 

APW2 also told the committal hearing about another drug deal he helped organise for Mr Foster and Mr McCabe involving up to 1500 ecstasy tablets.

 

Mr Foster and Mr McCabe were attached to the National Crime Authority, later renamed the Australian Crime Commission, at the time of the alleged offences.

 

APW2 is giving evidence to a committal hearing for the pair.

 

Mr Foster, who is facing 16 charges, sat quietly in the dock during today's evidence.

Mr McCabe, 36, is facing two charges.

 

A warrant for his arrest was issued yesterday after he failed to show up to court.

 

His solicitor Gordon Elliot yesterday told the court that McCabe was in Cambodia.

 

The hearing before Magistrate Pat O'Shane continues.

 

Are we supposed to be surprised?????? Everything your busted with allways goes in the reports hey ...

Edited October 24, 2006 by Shithappens

[Luke Skywalker]

Saying a Victorian Drug squad member is corrupt is like saying Leonardo Da Vinci is a pretty ok painter...

[Behindbars]

I certainly ain't suprised !!

[LOGGER_KING]

3 WISE MONKEYS

[wildflower]

bahaha NSW cops are so bent.

 

oh yeh being a young punk we all knew a dodgy cop that got promoted to the VIC drug squad. reckon he hit the jackpot

Edited October 24, 2006 by wildflower

[LOGGER_KING]

The better the buds ,,the less that turns up in court .................I bet a lot of sugar gets burned when they get rid of the smack and coke an speed

[Stoney]

well all i can say it wasn't the first time this has happened and definatly wont be the last time why do ya think they called dogs for

 

but shit it is funny to watch them chew off there own leg trying to get out of the shit that they create lmao

 

cheerz :Dj:

[Indycar]

HAHA, it's been a bad month for drug squads lately. First in Vic now this one in NSW, it's a surprise some of the Qld boys haven't entered the hall of shame as well...

 

Edited October 25, 2006 by Indycar

[Frazz]

Latest update on the PIGS !!

 

 

Corrupt cop jailed

 

Elissa Hunt, chief court reporter

 

November 07, 2006 12:00am

 

 

A POLICEMAN who helped a junior colleague steal and traffic drugs has been jailed for four months after vowing to teach police recruits about corruption when released.

The detective senior constable, who can't be identified, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office, drug trafficking and theft, but received a discounted sentence for his offer to give evidence against the other policeman.

 

He admitted attending two fake raids with the other officer, a constable, and stealing cannabis crops from growers in January and February this year.

 

In January the pair arrived at a house in Werribee and produced a document they said was a warrant. They then took garbage bags of drugs, which were not entered into police logs. No warrant existed.

 

A month later an informer told the constable his uncle had a cannabis crop and the two officers signed out guns, equipment and an unmarked police car to go to the property on their day off.

 

They showed the occupant, who didn't understand English, a paper they said was a warrant and seized 18 plants.

 

The constable told the occupant if he paid them cash he would avoid prosecution.

 

At a later meeting the drug grower handed $8000 to the constable while the senior detective sat in a car and waited but did nothing to stop the extortion.

 

The officers and the informer hid the stolen plants at another house to be dried out, but plans to sell the crop for profit were dashed when the tenant discovered the plants while showing the property to potential home buyers and called police.

 

When the ethical standards division took over the investigation, both the informer and the senior detective made statements implicating the constable.

 

The judge said the senior detective had offered to speak at the police academy about corruption and his own experiences, despite humiliation it would bring him.

 

The senior detective was jailed for a year, but eight months was suspended for two years. The informer received a six-month term suspended for three years.

 

The constable is due to face a preliminary hearing in the magistrates' court next month.

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Ends up the bastard only does 4 months jail ? ... i think

[Dr Rockster]

Those coppers set up a lousy kilo of crank bust!

 

Don't your coppers think small?