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Caught on Tape: Police Officer Planting Drugs in Suspects Car?

A new video that has gone viral on YouTube was taken from a police vehicle’s dashcam and shows an officer allegedly placing a bag in the car of a man they had viagra uk

t-police-officer-allegedly-plants-small-bag-suspects-car.html”>pulled over for running a stop sign. The suspect was then arrested.

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The incident, which occurred on February 11, 2011, shows the officers from Uticia, New York searching the car as the man remains handcuffed. The video was released by the local paper, the Utica Phoenix.

In the video, one of the officers is shown pulling a bag out of his pocket as he gets into the passenger side of the car. He then gets our of the car with the same bag. It is not clear what is inside the bag, but it looks like a white powder substance.

The video has gone viral since it was uploaded on YouTube a few days ago.

WKTV reported that when it was first put on the Phoenix’s website it got so many hits – 64,000 in just under 24 hours – it crashed the site.

Utica police issued a statement saying they are still investigating the incident and that the video is also being reviewed by the FBI.

Utica Police Chief Mark Williams explained the situation saying: ‘He’s going into the car with it and that’s what he’s doing, it’s cold out and he’s basically separating the drugs from both defendants.’

By: South Carolina Drug Crime Attorney Pete Strom