Thirty members of the Norwegian Royal Guard will be dismissed from service for using drugs while on holiday, the Norwegian Armed Forces announced.
The Army received information that some recruits used drugs at a party this summer. Five of them immediately admitted that they had done it and later another 25 admitted it.
All 30 recruits were members of His Majesty’s Royal Guard unit. Norwegian army spokesman Brage Steinson Vik-Hansen said that the recruits would be discharged from the army.
“All personnel in the armed forces have obligations, if they discover or notice that employees or recruits are dealing with drugs, to inform (superiors) about it,” said Steinson Wiik-Hansen.
The Royal Guard protects the Norwegian royal family. Its members change the guard in front of the royal palace in Oslo every day. The unit also performs tasks on some special occasions, such as the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize.
