Missing drug exhibits were likely destroyed, not misappropriated: Halifax police
HALIFAX — The findings were discomforting for Halifax police: Thousands of exhibits — including marijuana, cocaine, opioids and cash — were missing.
But in an audit report released Monday, the force insisted there was no evidence to suggest the exhibits were misappropriated.
Instead, they said, it’s believed that evidence was destroyed, misplaced or mislabelled.
“That being said, we couldn’t physically account for some of these items. We believe they were destroyed, but we can’t conclusively say that,” said Supt. Jim Perrin after presenting the report to the city’s Board of Police Commissioners.