Sunport police chief, officers on leave over missing drugs

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Sunport police chief and three officers are on leave over confiscated drugs that went missing.

KOAT-TV reported (https://bit.ly/1N4entw) Saturday that Aviation Police Chief Marshall Katz, Deputy Chief Timothy Esquibel and officers Johnny Moraga and Lisa Cheromiah are all on paid administrative leave while the city investigates.

According to attorneys for Katz, Sunport police seized drugs during a traffic stop last month.

Attorneys say the officers attempted to bring the drugs to an Albuquerque police substation but could not get inside.

So they put them in a Sunport police locker and some of the drugs later went missing.

Katz says he investigated.

City officials declined to go into detail about the city’s investigation.

Katz was suspended last year for misusing official resources for personal benefit.

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Information from: KOAT-TV, https://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html