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Two Queen’s Guards test positive for cocaine
Colour Sergeants Lee Johnstone and Matthew O'Connor facing investigation after failing random drugs tests
TWO Queen’s Guards face the boot after testing positive for cocaine days.
Colour Sergeants Lee Johnstone and Matthew O’Connor serve with the Coldstream Guards at Windsor.
Sources said Johnstone, 37, and O’Connor, 36, faced a hearing with a brigadier after failing random urine tests and could be sacked after a probe.
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There have been four such scares in the past four months.
They include last month’s arrest of student Hang Zhang, 25, at Buckingham Palace for allegedly having a knife and threatening to kill the Queen.
An Army spokesperson said: “We do not comment on either individuals or current investigations. It would be inappropriate.”
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