Ex-detective gets 19 years in jail for stealing 4kg of cocaine from work to sell in Manchester, one Corrupt Dirty Cop. Talbot will spend Years in Jail.

A former police detective has been jailed for 19 years for stealing cocaine from work to sell on the streets of Manchester.

Andrew Talbot, who worked for Greater Manchester Police’s serious crime division, was found guilty of misconduct in public office and supplying class A drugs last month.

Andrew Talbot, 54, took almost £400,000 worth of cocaine from evidence stores before searching police systems for dealers to help him sell the drug.The 54-year-old took almost 4kg of cocaine with a retail value of almost £400,000 from an evidence store and searched police systems for dealers to help him sell the drug, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Talbot, who had a cocaine addiction, was caught when he accidentally dropped a small bag of the drug outside his daughter’s school in February 2020.

The school alerted police, and Talbot was arrested after arriving at work with 26.8g of high purity cocaine, as well as smaller amounts which were lower purity, the court heard.

Snap bags and a piece of paper with exhibit references for Operation Cosmetic, which investigated the nationwide supply of cocaine, were found in his car and three bullets were found at his home in Leigh, Greater Manchester.

James Lake, prosecuting, said: “He accepted when he attended the property store he would take pocketfuls, as much as he could fit in his pockets.”

Talbot also provided confidential police information to a friend under investigation for assault and to Bretherton, to help him recover a drug debt worth more than £20,000, the court heard.

Talbot had served in the police force for 20 years, and had spent three years in the armed forces.

He became addicted to cocaine after difficulties in his personal life and due to his role in an operation in which Anthony Grainger was shot by armed police in Culcheth, Cheshire.