Entire crime squad is investigated for corruption

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Justin Davenport, Crime Correspondent
18.02.09
AN entire police crime squad in a London borough is being investigated for corruption.

Nine police officers have been suspended and two others placed on restricted duties after an internal inquiry was conducted.

All the officers are based on the Enfield borough crime squad which deals with local robberies and burglaries and the inquiry centres on the "mishandling of property" believed to be stolen electronic goods including televisions.

All those suspended are detective constables while those placed on restrictive duties are understood to be more senior officers. None of the officers has been arrested.

Dozens of officers from the elite anti-corruption squad - dubbed the Ghost Squad - swooped on the officers at Edmonton police station yesterday. Desks and lockers were searched as the station was turned into a crime scene.

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Feels like it's back to the 80s when the notorious South East Regional Crime Squad ran organised crime for Margaret Thatcher & family!.....