A former senior Nova Scotia Mountie has been found guilty on all seven counts relating to a plan to steal 10 kilograms of cocaine from a police evidence locker and resell it. "Craig Robert Burnett broke the very laws he was sworn to uphold," wrote Justice James Chipman in his decision. During his 21-day trial, the court heard Burnett removed cocaine that was slated to be destroyed from an evidence locker. Burnett stole the cocaine from the evidence locker, which subsequently sold for about $300,000. Money problemsChipman noted that Burnett was in terrible financial shape when he stole the drugs because he had just gone through a difficult divorce.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2019 17:54 UTC