Illegal drugs found at UK's Home Office, the department tasked with fighting illegal drugs

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(CNN) A stash of illegal drugs was found last week in the headquarters of the UK's Home Office, the government department tasked with cracking down on illicit drug use.

The small quantity of suspected Class A drugs were discovered May 3 in a communal area of the building in central London, a Home Office spokesman said Saturday in a statement.

Class A drugs are deemed the most harmful and addictive in Britain and include crack cocaine, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, magic mushrooms, methadone and methamphetamine -- more commonly known as crystal meth.

The drugs were found by security staff and no suspects have been identified, a London Metropolitan Police spokeswoman told CNN.

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The Home Office is the lead government agency overseeing national security, immigration and passports, drug policy, crime and counter-terrorism.

Ashged on May 13rd, 2018 at 17:13 UTC »

To be fair, they got them off the streets.

frostymugson on May 13rd, 2018 at 17:03 UTC »

Well if I’ve learned anything from the movie Training Day it’s this, “To be truly effective a good narcotics agent must know and love narcotics. In fact, a good narcotics agent should have narcotics in his blood.”

AliceInWonderplace on May 13rd, 2018 at 16:48 UTC »

If I worked at the Home Office, I would be abusing the hell of that position to score drugs. Those guys are probably the most connected dealers in UK.