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Britain’s nuclear submarines carnage as nearly 200 sailors fail drug tests

Some 175 submariners tested positive for a variety of banned or illegal substances including cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and steroids between 2018 and 2024

Nearly 200 Royal Navy sailors serving in the elite nuclear submarine force have been caught using drugs over the past seven years.

Some 175 submariners tested positive for a variety of banned or illegal substances including cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and steroids between 2018 and 2024, according to Ministry of Defence figures. Other banned narcotics found during random, unannounced tests included benzodiazepine, a drug for treating anxiety and insomnia.

Philip Ingram, a former colonel in British military intelligence, said: “There is no place for drugs in our Armed Forces, and especially in sensitive areas such as the submarine service where there is an increased security risk of drug-takers being blackmailed for classified and sensitive insights...

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