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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Schoenbaum

Second Homeland Security agent in Utah charged with selling illicit drugs from evidence

US Homeland Security Agent Arrested - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A second Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged in federal court with using a confidential informant to sell illicit drugs that were seized as evidence.

Nicholas Kindle, a special agent in Utah tasked with investigating illegal narcotics trafficking, was arrested three weeks after his alleged co-conspirator, special agent David Cole. Both face a felony drug distribution conspiracy charge, and Kindle faces an additional charge of conspiracy to convert property of the U.S. government for profit.

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