![]() ![]() HBO Who were the bent coppers and what happened to them?Įight of nine ex-officers in the unit were charged. They even planted toy guns on suspects as evidence, so they had a cover story if they shot an unarmed person. Officers talked about being on the lookout for “monsters” - people they believed to be drug dealers who carried a lot of cash - and one officer was said to have kept “two duffel bags at the ready with gear including black ski masks, a grappling hook, a sledgehammer, and a machete” to steal the money from their targets. According to the Associated Press, this included “a married couple who were handcuffed even though there was no evidence of a crime,” and while they were being held in the station, officers robbed $20,000 in cash from their home. ![]() But their criminal scam stretched even further, as they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars and jewellery while undertaking unlawful searches of the public’s cars and homes. Of the specialist team, eight officers were said to be involved in a campaign of robbery and extortion for at least three years, focusing in on people they “suspected” of being drug dealers. ![]()
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