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Pubdate: Thu, 28 Aug 1997

World IN BRIEF, MEXICO
119 Officers Fail Drug Test in State
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
 

The latest wave of drug tests for police officers in a
southern state turned up 119 agents who tested positive
for drugs4.1% of those tested. All 119 officers will be
fired immediately, Miguel Mario Angulo Flota, secretary of
the Quintana Roo state public security system, told the
government's Notimex news agency. The tests were given to
2,879 officers in Quintana Roo state. Angulo Flota said he
believed that 4.1% "does not constitute an alarming
proportion."