In the US, a police officer from the Drug Enforcement Administration stole substances from a special storage facility for years and earned $420 thousand on this (4 photos)

Now, in addition to the money, there is also a prison term.





38-year-old James Hickox served in the Drug Enforcement Administration and established a "business" on stealing substances.



The law enforcement officer regularly visited the special storage facility where the drugs seized from the bandits were stored. And he took the evidence. In this way, he "cut" marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl from there, and later, he began to take weapons, ammunition and money.

For example, in 2022, he stole a kilo of cocaine, and in its place he put a brick printed on a 3D printer. To cover his tracks, he sprinkled this brick with coke, and sold the stolen drug to a distributor for $ 20 thousand.

He stole $420,000 for six years.





In 2023, the would-be cop was arrested:

In his plea agreement, Hickox also admitted to regularly breaking into DEA evidence bags, stealing thousands of dollars in cash, and then resealing the bags or repackaging the currency in another sealed bag with forged signatures to cover his tracks, U.S. media reported.



His partner was also taken in, he also served in the Drug Enforcement Administration. Hickox got 17 years behind bars, his accomplice will be tried in April. He faces about the same sentence.