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Drug abuse hampers Afghan police
Sixty per cent of police in Afghanistan's Helmand province use drugs, according to British estimates obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act.

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A big rise in the number of cannabis "factories" uncovered across Britain is revealed in figures obtained by BBC News.

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Police pay millions of taxpayers' money to phone companies to get data for investigations.

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Nearly 140 children from foreign countries cared for by East of England councils have then gone missing.

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A disproportionate number of people stopped and fingerprinted using a new mobile scanner are Asian or Black, figures reveal.

Speed camera Foreign drivers avoid speed fines
Thousands of speeding foreign drivers escaped punishment because of a loophole in the law, a police force says.

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Drug-taking levels among soldiers from Scottish battalions are the highest in the British Army.

Iraqi deaths survey 'was robust'
Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb
'More sex offenders' go missing
Mental care escapes 'horrifying'
Knife amnesties 'have no effect'
Greenham case 'weaknesses'
NHS report 'criticisms deleted'
Climate change 'harms poor'
No penalty for ignoring booze ban
Thieves 'targeting bull terriers'


USING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
The BBC has used the Freedom of Information Act since 2005 to unearth stories that might otherwise have remained secret.
This page features some more recent or important examples.
FOI - IN FOCUS

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MORE BBC FOI STORIES
Child abuse unit paying for data
Treasury releases ERM papers
Nursing home mysterious deaths
Tracking Anti-Apartheid groups
Thai murder worries played down
NHS overspends on statins
Hospital car parks make millions
FROM THE NATIONS AND REGIONS
FOI reveals three police jailed
Sat-nav car thefts soar in London
Weight worry sees child in care
Reports of youth bus crime soar
Hospitals cut agency nurse costs
7 July ambulance 'radio failure'
Letters show nuclear safety worry

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