Thousands of drug fines expire in Ertzaintza due to neglect
A breakdown at the Ertzaintza laboratory leaves thousands of drug fines unpunished; the Euspel union speaks of neglect.
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Thousands of drug fines expire in the Ertzaintza
How many driving offences go unpunished because the Ertzaintza laboratory is not working? According to the Euspel union, thousands. The figure is not theoretical: a breakdown prevents confirmation of drug tests on drivers and, at the same time, the Scientific Police is dragging a backlog with hundreds of tests expired before being compared.
A breakdown with thousands of fines at stake
The official version points to a one-off technical failure. The Euspel union calls it "neglect" and denounces that thousands of offences go "unpunished". The double problem is key: not only is the laboratory failing, but the accumulated evidence expires while waiting to be compared in the Scientific Police. Result: cases shelved and drivers evading the penalty.
What is striking is the asymmetry: a private individual's fine is dropped for a badly presented form; a public body's neglect with hundreds of tests costs it nothing.
Technical failure or interested protection?
Scepticism circulates among those trinc the case. Some see too many coincidences: the breakdown appearing just when certain tests are due to be reviewed and others being sacrificed so that the fix does not stand out. None of this is proven, but the question makes sense: who watches the watchers?
The chain of impunity is perfect: the test is missing, the evidence expires, the case is shelved. Meanwhile, the unsanctioned driver can continue driving with the same peace of mind as the commanders responsible for the neglect.
How many driving offences go unpunished because the Ertzaintza laboratory is not working? According to the Euspel union, thousands. The figure is not theoretical: a breakdown prevents confirmation of drug tests on drivers and, at the same time, the Scientific Police is dragging a backlog with hundreds of tests expired before being compared.
A breakdown with thousands of fines at stake
The official version points to a one-off technical failure. The Euspel union calls it "neglect" and denounces that thousands of offences go "unpunished". The double problem is key: not only is the laboratory failing, but the accumulated evidence expires while waiting to be compared in the Scientific Police. Result: cases shelved and drivers evading the penalty.
What is striking is the asymmetry: a private individual's fine is dropped for a badly presented form; a public body's neglect with hundreds of tests costs it nothing.
Technical failure or interested protection?
Scepticism circulates among those trinc the case. Some see too many coincidences: the breakdown appearing just when certain tests are due to be reviewed and others being sacrificed so that the fix does not stand out. None of this is proven, but the question makes sense: who watches the watchers?
The chain of impunity is perfect: the test is missing, the evidence expires, the case is shelved. Meanwhile, the unsanctioned driver can continue driving with the same peace of mind as the commanders responsible for the neglect.
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