Florida reviews thousands of drug cases for possible evidence tampering

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Florida reviews thousands of drug cases for possible evidence tampering

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-reviews-thousands-drug-cases-possible-evidence-tampering-183746585.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ArRad0Q7JGEzAWZYYV1B.w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-01T184604Z_1_CBREA101G4V00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CRIME-FLORIDA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey, with Assistant FDLE Commissioner Jim Madden, announces an investigation into evidence tampering during a news conference in Tallahassee" align="left" title="FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey, with Assistant FDLE Commissioner Jim Madden, announces an investigation into evidence tampering during a news conference in Tallahassee" border="0" /></a>By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's state police agency on Saturday announced a massive evidence review in thousands of drug cases handled by one crime-laboratory chemist, saying its findings could lead to some criminal cases being quashed and drug dealers set free. The chemist is suspected of taking illegal drugs out of evidence storage and replacing them with over-the-counter medication, the agency said. We don't know,&quot; Gerald Bailey, head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), said at a news conference.</p><br clear="all"/>

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