The state attorney-general and state police have launched a joint investigation the attorney-general jumping on board after allegations, which most think ridiculous, that the commander of the state police was at the mayor's supposedly frisky bash.

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It is also the focus of an investigation by police, the state attorney general's office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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But according to the state attorney-general, Eliot Spitzer, police under-report their searches, and the real number is probably five or ten times higher.

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