PUSHER COP JAILED

To Serve 8 Years For Trafficking Seized Drugs

A FORMER Peel cop will spend eight years on the wrong side of the prison
bars for trafficking drugs he took from police evidence worth about $2.5
million on the street. Martin Goold, 60, hugged family members who were
present yesterday before he was taken through a door beside the Brampton
courtroom prisoner's box into custody.

"This is a first for this community, I hope it is the last," Justice Peter
Wilkie said while passing sentence.

"It's a sad day for the administration of justice in this jurisdiction and
this province."

Goold pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of
trafficking, possession of hashish for the purpose of trafficking, and
breach of trust.

'TARNISHING REPUTATION'

"I would like to apologize to Peel Regional Police for tarnishing their
reputation," Goold told court. "I'd like to thank my family for their love
. There is no excuse for my behaviour."

Some friends and family wept during the sentencing.

He was sentenced to six years each for drug possession, to be served
concurrently; and an additional two years for breach of trust.

Goold, a Peel cop for 30 years, snuck six kilos of cocaine and about 20
kilos of hashish from the Peel Regional Police morality bureau property
rooms in 2004, Crown attorney Ian Scott said.

Some of the cocaine packages in the property lockup were found to be
tampered with and contained mostly baking soda or sugar instead of drugs,
Scott said.

Goold took the cocaine from a seizure that was ordered destroyed, smuggling
it out of the property room into his car, Scott added.

Goold substituted bricks of hashish with an East Indian spice called Imli,
which looks similar to the drug.

UNDER SURVEILLANCE

Internal affairs investigators were tipped that Goold might be crooked in
October 2003, Scott told court.

Goold was placed under surveillance in February 2004 and eventually
arrested on March 29, 2004. Investigators found the six kilos of cocaine in
the trunk of his car.

After he was arrested, he gave a lengthy statement to police, Scott said.

Wilkie took Goold's admission into consideration when pronouncing his sentence.

"Somewhere along the line you lost your moral compass," Wilkie said.

"In your attempt to re-introduce the drugs to the community you were
helping to upset the fabric of the community. You were doing your own small
part to destroy lives and families."