Former NZ cop pleads guilty to Cook Islands drug charges

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A former New Zealand police officer has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in the Cook Islands.

Mark Franklin, a former detective inspector in the New Zealand police force, was arrested in Rarotonga in 2011.

Franklin pleaded guilty in the Cook Islands High Court today to two counts of selling a class C controlled drug, and one count of offering to sell a class C controlled drug

He will be sentenced next week.

Franklin was one of 13 people to face charges as a result of the police operation.