Police drugs expert who sold weed-growing equipment on eBay would have gotten the boot had he not resigned

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A former drugs expert with the Nottinghamshire Police would likely have been dismissed from duty had he not already resigned last November after it was revealed that he sold cannabis-growing equipment through eBay. Clarke had worked as a drugs expert with the Cannabis Dismantling Team for the last seven years. Clarke was later released after investigators determined that there was no criminal conduct, but he resigned while still under investigation. Clarke told investigators that all of the equipment had been purchased legitimately at car boot sales, markets where people gather to sell household and garden goods. Mark Petrovic, chairman of the Nottinghamshire Police Federation, says there was “no criminal wrongdoing” in Clarke’s actions, according to the Nottinghamshire Post.

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A former drugs expert with the Nottinghamshire Police would likely have been dismissed from duty had he not already resigned last November after it was revealed that he sold cannabis-growing equipment through eBay.

Under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), a Nottinghamshire Police investigation into Constable Stuart Clarke kicked off last October following a routine vetting check. Clarke had worked as a drugs expert with the Cannabis Dismantling Team for the last seven years.

The probe determined that between January 2019 and September 2020, the 19-year police veteran sold more than 140 hydroponic equipment items,...

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