Boston police investigate missing evidence
Boston police are investigating how possible evidence in a drug investigation disappeared from a home that was secured by officers while investigators waited for a search warrant.
Police say two robbery suspects were traced to a Dorchester house on September second where officers thought they saw marijuana and digital scales.
Police requested a search warrant, saying they also expected to find a gun.
But when the warrant arrived hours later, there was no marijuana, no scales and no gun. Police think someone removed the objects without police noticing.
A department spokeswoman tells The Boston Globe that officers are usually posted at the front and back of a home while awaiting a warrant. But in this case, two officers sat in a cruiser in front.
Commissioner Ed Davis has ordered an internal investigation.
