Paris policeman faces charges in disappearance of 116 pounds of confiscated cocaine
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A Paris police officer is facing preliminary charges related to the disappearance of 52.6 kilograms (116 lbs) of cocaine from the police headquarters' evidence room.
Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre says the unidentified anti-narcotics officer faces charges including transport, possession and sale of narcotics and covering up a drug ring.
The cocaine has not been found. It had been held in a locked room at the Paris police headquarters just steps from the Notre Dame Cathedral and was reported missing on July 31.
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The suspect has denied the charges, according to French press reports. They said the cocaine has a street value of 2 million euros ($2.7 million).