Police gave confidential info to Hells Angels

Allegations that officers traded confidential information have damaged the police’s reputation
Police credibility is taking a hard hit in the Jutland courts, where a slew of drug cases are being tried involving around 50 people implicated by an informant from the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.

According to Berlingske Tidende newspaper, informant Kasper Vetter has told police in eastern Jutland that certain officers and employees with tax authority Skat have been leaking confidential information about ongoing cases against Hells Angels members.

Vetter is the police’s chief witness in the drug ring busts and has been given a new identity and a new appearance as part of the witness protection programme.
Earlier this year, a police officer in Aalborg was sentenced to 60 days in prison for leaking information to the gang.

A Skat employee is also under investigation for accepting 5,000 kroner in return for providing the gang with the secret address of a former gang recruit who turned informant.

Jens Henrik Højberg, head of the National Police, said he believed the accusations suggest officers were giving away the information to the gang in exchange for information leading to arrests of people involved in drug trafficking.

Højberg said Vetter’s allegations are ‘serious’ and that he and other high-standing members of the police are now considering how to deal with the situation.
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