Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Senior public servant replaced after historic cocaine admission

Public servant cocaine use
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A senior public servant was quietly replaced as acting chief executive of a government agency after an investigation revealed she had admitted to trying cocaine once several years before entering the public sector.

According to state-funded media, the allegations surfaced through an anonymous email sent last year, prompting an internal inquiry that reportedly found no evidence of an alleged historic photograph circulating online, but confirmed the executive had disclosed past drug experimentation.

Despite initially being announced as interim chief executive following the former boss’s departure, she was later removed from the role without explanation, with both the Public Service Commission and the agency refusing to say whether the admission affected the appointment decision.



Image credit: Colin Davis

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7 COMMENTS

  1. Why does this not surprise me…but-
    After all, those rows of snow in the pic sure resemble those conspiratorial ‘Chem-Trails’…
    WARNING- POLITICALLY IN-CORRECT JINGLE AHEAD!
    Chem Trails in the sky,
    Chem Trails in the nose
    If you voted Uni-Party,
    That is how it goes!
    =snooooooorrrrt=…ahhhhh

  2. Oh F FS!
    ALL you holier than holy goody-two-shoe commentators! P********* OFF!
    While I do NOT want to defend any of these functionaries and stooges, what does it matter if decades ago someone tried something????
    GROW UP!!!!

    • Remember- Bill Clinton tried weed but…”Didn’t inhale!”…
      But when it came to cigars, and where he put them…wellll
      BAWHAWHAWHAWHAWH

    • Remember when she ‘hitched a ride’ on Justin Castro’s jet?
      With a puff-puff here and a puff-puff there…

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