{"id":27396,"date":"2018-10-03T12:48:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=27396"},"modified":"2018-10-03T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:48:48","slug":"sikh-coldstream-guard-tested-positive-for-drug-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/03\/sikh-coldstream-guard-tested-positive-for-drug-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikh Coldstream Guard Tested Positive for Drug Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Coldstream Guardsman who was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-leicestershire-44413296\">first to wear a turban during Trooping the Colour<\/a>\u00a0is under investigation after being tested positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Charanpreet Singh Lall, 22, from Leicester, registered &#8220;high levels&#8221; of the Class A drug during a random test at Victoria Barracks, Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of three soldiers who failed the test,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/7337783\/first-sikh-guardsman-positive-cocaine\/\">The Sun<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier Christopher Coles, head of army personnel services group, said: &#8220;I can confirm a number of soldiers from the Coldstream Guards are under investigation for alleged drugs misuse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those caught taking drugs can expect to be discharged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The identities of the other guardsmen have not been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In June Gdsm Lall said it was an &#8220;honour&#8221; to be the first member of the Coldstream Guards to take part in Trooping the Colour parade while wearing a turban.<\/p>\n<p>He told how he hoped it would be looked upon as a &#8220;new change in history&#8221;, adding: &#8220;I hope that more people like me, not just Sikhs but from other religions and different backgrounds, that they will be encouraged to join the Army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gdsm Lall wore a black turban featuring the ceremonial cap star to match the bearskin hats during the ceremony to mark the Queen&#8217;s official birthday.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the British Army in January 2016, having moved to the UK from Punjab, India, as a baby.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of soldiers were tested positive for substances including cocaine and ecstasy from just July to October last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Coldstream Guardsman who was the\u00a0first to wear a turban during Trooping the Colour\u00a0is under investigation after being tested positive for cocaine. Charanpreet Singh Lall, 22, from Leicester, registered &#8220;high levels&#8221; of the Class A drug during a random test at Victoria Barracks, Windsor. He was one of three soldiers who failed the test,\u00a0The Sun\u00a0reported. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3,283],"tags":[1574,1575,1573],"class_list":["post-27396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-top-news","tag-charanpreet-singh-lall","tag-class-a-drug","tag-coldstream-guardsman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}