MISPLACED EVIDENCE BLAMED FOR MISSING DRUGS, CASH

The findings were discomforting for Halifax police: Thousands of exhibits — including marijuana, cocaine, opioids and cash — were missing. But in an audit report released Monday, the force insisted there was no evidence to suggest the exhibits were misappropriated. Instead, they said, it’s believed that evidence was destroyed, misplaced or mislabelled. Among the missing police exhibits were 293 sums of cash, 331 large drug exhibits and 2,628 smaller and non-drug exhibits, some of which were located during the audit.