Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox GMP have made a breakthrough in a five-year investigation into claims that lab technicians manipulated data at a Manchester forensics lab.
As reported by the Manchester Evening News in 2017 rogue scientists are suspected of potentially perverting the course of justice.
At the time more than 10,000 criminal cases were thought to be involved. READ MORE: Body found in River Irwell in search for missing Salford woman But a court ruling has revealed that the alleged falsifying of 27,000 drug tests could have huge implications for possible miscarriages of justice.
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