French authorities have ordered a probe after more than 50kg of
seized cocaine worth millions of euros went missing from the Paris
police headquarters.
The theft was discovered on Thursday and a
probe was launched, the police said. The cocaine was seized in raids
that took place in July and was stored in a secure room.
"If the investigation shows that the law has been broken, very firm measures will be immediately taken", the police said.
The
revelations are a major embarrassment for the Paris criminal police,
whose headquarters overlooking the Seine and located near the famed
Notre Dame cathedral have been immortalised in several books and films.
The
headquarters attracted unwelcome attention in April when two elite
French police officers were charged with raping a Canadian tourist there
in a case that has sent shock waves across France.
The
34-year-old woman said she was raped in the police headquarters at
night. She met the officers during a night of heavy drinking at an Irish
pub and agreed to follow them to their workplace.
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