Canadian officials charged a former diplomatic officer with smuggling cocaine into Israel while he was stationed at the Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv in 1996. Although Israeli police had information connecting Douglas Wardle with a smuggling ring, they could not charge him because of his diplomatic immunity.
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