Six British Army soldiers with the Irish Guards regiment and a former member of the Coldstream Guards have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money laundering offences.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a statement that said: “As part of a planned operation the Royal Military Police arrested six Irish Guards soldiers and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran from across the UK on suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs and money lending and laundering offences.”
The MoD stressed that none of the soldiers under investigation would be participating in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee parades next month.
The Irish Guards and the Coldstream Guards are two of the British Army regiments trained for ceremonies such as the Trooping of the Colour, the others being the Welsh Guards, the Scots Guards, and the Grenadier Guards….