ARMED Forces chiefs have caught 3,100 personnel using cocaine in the last five years.
The number of Army, Navy and RAF staff who have tested positive for “marching powder” would be enough to make up four combat-ready battalions.
AlamyOver 3,000 troops caught using cocaine in past five years are facing almost certain expulsion from Armed Forces[/caption]
Overall, 4,160 faced the boot from the services for drug use in the last five years, with cannabis and ecstasy also regularly found in compulsory tests.
The highest number caught using Class A drug cocaine was in the Army, where 2,360 soldiers tested positive.
Another 540 were guilty of cocaine abuse in the Navy and 200 in the RAF.
It is the substance most servicemen and women get nabbed using, accounting for around 80 per cent of positive tests.
The Armed Forces have a zero-tolerance approach to drug abuse and anyone testing positive can be kicked out immediately unless they can prove exceptional circumstances.
Personnel face random checks but top brass can also order specific drug-testing regimes if they have suspicions.
The Ministry of Defence said: “Substance abuse is unacceptable in the Armed Forces and we enforce a zero-tolerance policy to drug use.
“We provide education and advice to inform all personnel of the dangers and consequences of substance misuse.”
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