Four Italian police were suspended
from duty Friday on suspicion of breaking the rules in a drugs
probe in Turin, judicial sources said.
The measure was taken after they were reported by a citizen of
Moroccan origin, who says he was unduly pressured into becoming
a confidential informant against his will, police said.
The four are accused of breaking procedural rules, sources said.
In particular, they are accused of staging an unauthorized sting
operation using an unauthorized agent provocateur.
They allegedly instructed an individual to carry out a simulated
drugs purchase so as to arrest the pusher, without
authorization.
On another occasion the four allegedly arrested a pusher and
held him without authorization, taking money that was not given
back to him.
They also allegedly filed incorrect documents and made material
seized in a raid disappear, sources said.
The four police are stationed at the Dora Vanchiglia police
station and include commander Alice Rolando.
The alleged abuses took place between April and May this year.
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