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Adrian Zorzut

BIZARRE: Met police officer sacked for not disclosing arrest and gun possession probe | Mind Blowing Facts

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A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after failing to tell his employer about a gun possession probe and for being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

PC Mohammad Bhatti said he had “misunderstood” the wording of the vetting form in 2020 and didn’t remember being arrested after crashing his car into a railing in August 2008. The disgraced officer was dismissed without notice for gross misconduct and barred from ever becoming a cop again following a misconduct hearing in December.

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