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French police unit disbanded amid drug deals probes

| July 2, 2020 10:03 AM

PARIS (AP) — The Paris police chief is disbanding a special police unit in a poor suburb of the French capital after four officers were brought before a judge on Thursday for “particularly serious” accusations involving theft, drug possession and extorting money from drug dealers.

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