Class of young Army officers hauled in for drug tests following suspected cocaine binge

A CLASS of young Army officers have been hauled in for drug tests following a suspected cocaine binge.  The 25 lieutenants from the Royal Logistics Corps and another 25 from the RAF and Navy were tested. They were all training at the Defence School of Logistics on Worthy Down, near Winchester. Army sources insisted only […]

A CLASS of young Army officers have been hauled in for drug tests following a suspected cocaine binge. 

The 25 lieutenants from the Royal Logistics Corps and another 25 from the RAF and Navy were tested.

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25 lieutenants from the Royal Logistics Corps have been hauled in for drugs tests[/caption]

They were all training at the Defence School of Logistics on Worthy Down, near Winchester.

Army sources insisted only that only a handful of officers were suspected of taking drugs but the whole group was tested as a precaution.

A source said: “The chain of command received a tip-off from one of the students.

“It was credible intelligence and the commanders decided to take no chances.”

The RLC officers, who will take command of up to 80 personnel, raised suspicion after a wild night last week.

The Army drugs tests teams routinely test entire battalions of up to 600 troops, but it is unusual for 50 officers to be tested in one go.

The RLC has played a key role in the Army’s Covid support force, including the vaccine roll out.

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