Pubdate: Sat, 19 Nov 2005
Source: Mississauga News (CN ON)
Copyright: The Mississauga News 2005
Contact:  http://www.mississauganews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/268
Author: Louie Rosella
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?236 (Corruption - Outside U.S.)

PEEL OFFICER CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING COCAINE

A veteran Peel Regional Police officer is facing drug charges following an 
investigation by the country's national police force.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) today charged Cst. Sheldon Cook, 
an officer who works out of the force's 12 Division Criminal Investigation 
Bureau, with possessing and trafficking cocaine, as well as breach of 
trust, after officers executed a search warrant on a home in Cambridge 
Friday night and discovered 15 kilograms of cocaine believed to be worth 
more than $500,000.

Well-placed sources tell The Mississauga News that RCMP officers placed a 
tracking device on a shipment of cocaine that entered Canada from Pearson 
International Airport, and it led them to the home.

Cook, 38, appeared for a bail hearing in a Brampton courtroom this morning.
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