Cocaine swiped from under police noses

Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville have been left red-faced after more than 100 kilos of drugs were stolen from police headquarters and replaced with talcum powder.

The missing drugs, amounting to 95% of the cocaine seized in police operations, would be worth about €5 million on the black market, said the secretary general of the police union, Manuel Espino.

All the signs are that the thief or thieves who took the drugs were regular visitors, and might even be police officers themselves.