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A detective constable who was locked up after stealing cocaine from police stores has been ordered to pay back more than £75,000 or face extra time behind bars.

Andrew Talbot was jailed for 19 years in 2024 after he took almost £400,000-worth of cocaine from Greater Manchester Police's stores.

The 55-year-old was investigated after he dropped a bag of cocaine outside his daughter's primary school in February 2020.

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The cocaine addict stole just under 4kg of the drug and conspired with convicted dealer Keith Bretherton to sell it, Liverpool Crown Court previously heard.

Sentencing him in October 2024, Judge Neil Flewitt KC said: "You deceived your colleagues and you betrayed the trust

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