31 Oct 2012 21:16

Some 100 drug users fired from St. Pete police force

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 31 (Interfax) - Some 100 police officers have been fired in St. Petersburg for taking drugs, chief of the city police Sergei Umnov told the city Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

He said that several inspections uncovered a number of unpleasant facts. "About 100 people taking drugs were identified," he said.

By now they have been fired from law enforcement, he said.