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Dallas - Fake Drug Busts NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that Dallas police and prosecutors are embroiled in a growing scandal over fake drug busts. The controversy involves dozens of cases of working class Mexican auto mechanics accused of selling large amounts of cocaine. But it turns out the "cocaine" was ground-up sheet rock. Two Dallas narcotics officers have been suspended and the FBI has been called in to investigate.

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NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that Dallas police and prosecutors are embroiled in a growing scandal over fake drug busts. The controversy involves dozens of cases of working class Mexican auto mechanics accused of selling large amounts of cocaine. But it turns out the "cocaine" was ground-up sheet rock. Two Dallas narcotics officers have been suspended and the FBI has been called in to investigate.