A Metropolitan Police officer who was sacked after taking cocaine was caught out by a video posted on TikTok. Former PC Leon Arif was filmed implying his drug use and 'need for more' after an acquaintance asked him what he was 'sniffing', leading bosses to demand a drugs test.

He tested positive for the Class A in mid-February and was hauled before a misconduct hearing last Monday (June 2). Choosing not to attend, Asif previously insisted his drink must have been spiked during a night out as he would not take cocaine 'voluntarily'.

Presiding officer Laurence Taylor, the Assistant Commissioner of Professionalism at the Metropolitan Police , rebuked this claim, citing a lack of credibility. The hearing's report notes Arif only reported his alleged spiking six weeks after his drugs te

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